The Press. — London, England, 1853-12-03 00:00:00

DECEMBER ft, 1853. 'nor, thaw awl et Lotolon proper, stud the INIANNIsa of ni 11 1 ,644 itykAses is 12,ti14). Tlte mutilation of Naryletione is ; tlw mamba" of inhaltited house., I:s.B*ln ; mad li te area 1. tit( ) eery, loving more than double that of Lon don. The cost o' pollee in London, for an lima of about 610 acres. is isostsi. a par ; ;shah the wltede oust oaf police f o r *lw 'wish of Ilaryints, whisdt is Awake die area of London, i. oady 24,0 km. 'free «dude+ paid for the ma nagenteitt of the rum-mous luminae and expenditure of lilitrvleboue hs I,llld. only. Tile Chairman Wing is the duration of the lil. eon] dues received by the eorporatiou ? ii'ittietts: 'lb.. coal dues of 1.1. per ton were punted to the Pity for ever, by the toil sod twi l o r µlm mo and 11Iary. 'fits itukireet taxation levied by the vary of lkoinb.ii iii the year IA.W. atuowned to 333,102/. iu addition to this, the following local rate* a eVt• also, collected by ollicent of the tiorporation :--fiewage rattails, 1 tl,:e.!;/. : paving, ti0,111:11.; /ease rite. titt.olri/.; trophy tax (tor militia I. •. I .,iiilo/.; poor rat.'. is,t;:d.; want rates, 4,11001.; church nites, tithes. owl Easter tab:rings, 70,t100/. Tot 4 171;_iti9l. The trust estates for public charitable objects 1 ;•stintitte at 417,riwi/.; mid. if to that I add the revenue den oil front river dues. I that the gross nic k ia g'. approximates to 1,h)7,1.5 Ai. Mr. Ir. Lewis: You untied at a total just now of 00 0 , 1 100/. a ye t ir •' how do you arrive at that ? Witness : Iyy tinting in the coal dues, indirect fees re (vivo] by Olken, of the corp , aution, auni Jitret taxation. tt leis twin stated that the Id. duty on coals i,a expended for ity improvements, btu this is a mistake. The City calls (dais Amid its "private property,' and they exislul 10,1 aPII. a year 'alma Pity improvements. It was stated with re• ferenee W the sul. ditty, that it was banded over to the l'onitnissitaters of Woods and Forests, for improvements at the west-end of the town ; but this is also an error, as the lip to the present (lily, 1s ebargettlile with improve ) oth executed within the Pity, under the numagement of the e „ i v oni ti oo . The Gael tUituuttl which the orejawati tttt 4as yais‘.4 yot the road ditties, fur ittipri,vetto.tits exrlusiceh Within the City, and lultatinnitored by the Lily authorities ! amounts to 1,4.:0,Jk 1 0/. Of th is sum 1.0(10,111.11//. %%widow:tell " I rus4lois•briAlge atiopi,achea," taolll.lot. fur the abolition flee Fleet-market, and tri,4itio/. for New lanitagdoat- Mr. I', Lewis: 11 , iw liiiieti does the wt. duty on coal pp shwa- . ? ‘4l)Jacsbi : it protingeil last year upwards of 113,00311/. Ml'. : Can the City improvements be carried sou w iililatt the consent and approval of the Commissioners of Woods awl Forests ? Wit 114',N ; ill S9l/Itr i')lSt'S, I believe, tlie conimission urs Loe had the 'plans sathanitteti to llum. total prospective elisrges upon the NI. ditty ant tto 71;:t,os1 I thiuk the altoie ad • • ttation of lamas 4;100 to be placed under one Celan!' and Wll - Tlu hisat.ery uY the x 4.4411 would fala Mal au iu ..,tructive lesson on that general stahject of paddle improve• talents. Thu present London bridge *as lmilt. mulct. (lie pro % isimas of the I .41:4111ge IV., cap. 4 4 ). and lite works were e.na traLeteat for hi Messrs. Jolitle anal !tanks for Ilat,lloll/. amount expenalsul 11114111 and its approaelics 11p ta Ihe Year 1 04. 31utu , runtv l to U 1401091, 'Sing 1,4M00, 0 001. naore than the mom aniginally contracted for. It was owing to the obstruetive spirit of the corporaitimt that the plan of Sir t'lhriaiopber Wren rim newer caned out. Sir Christo pher Wren ph/lame.' to ;flake a forty-feet stulamikinent along the swath ride of tile 'l'llames fur foot passengers : hut, although an act of l'arliamelat wait; obttiintal f..r mylsuation illerlatehl'll 1111011 it, end, i 1114.11,1 itrit tille enabataktliettt, llu rites now presents the most dis grip: , appe:tranhe .if any liva.r its Europe. Even sadism Cite last few year* * buihliug has been run out on the * t omb bauk of the 'llimmes, close to the foot of lowdon.laidge, twelve feet beyond the steps of the Midge. 'lds is a alis• ligurmalent to die beauty Of the Midge, anal stands 115 all illustration of the disgraeaprial reulissmas of the corporation emaservanars of ti‘e 'fbatsies. . .M T. .kelguil hind Ur e Innlilun; in question sits the proper') of Air. Alderuniu II 'blowy, and that Iho 'osier part ("II sislvil of wurcliguses. unit the oprer part of eluunlien.4. " 1I berms I lonulierb." Witness : The corporation have always kept a feat hold upon this eightpossisy study. Soule yc*i'w ago the t . olllttlis• ttioners of Wsmmls and Forests wry propel-1y told the essrp,.. rat Lino that the time had cootie for the metropolis to h a te a share in the fund fair issetr.apsslitsin improvements. These overtures, however, were, front time to time opposed by the corimsratitae, who Iwo ught all their influence to 'War sup till' aif the films,• of iiiiii 11111i4 to whom the plans ,if the coninuisssiotterm were referred. 'They also, lay their ollicsos. gave rvishosee against the proposed ingsrslvsolislits tithtttostol i v thy Wootiti and Forced's, awl 111 r. I atioilwrt ji i io-N skimmed that it was quite minecesiaary pull 1.41 W II M 1110110 . T. OW , ILIUM kilt, as all ollioniblattotl lay the mounds- Minters. Thu effort s of the essrporation were so stireessfttl that that ottologeit Haw of 0011/1 7. 1 c ot tj a 99 1.1141 i ; Ihe titi•rt of this Wits that st.% yrs! WIN' line* of streets contemplated in the nortivwertern plat inn tho llittroltoPp Hero Sistitilollisl tat wtlier, sir s silly part ial ly v:411114 out. the sit the 11111 . 1.1.tg ad' the present spstent tit' inetropsslitan impnivetnent it traced to the circumstance that l'arliannost, and not a general a n d lis:sl .4 1 % is esancllled on the sithivet, anti thus, gentlemen from t' • 1;• t.l!ii 1.:I. S*4 of dm three kingilsonta—from is‘ ss, Lo I ;otsittsts--►solo up,ou soisttittnif ter It 1 1111111 Y iirill elutrautur, and wills the tuerits, uI Whigh they ore in total igussrauee. The 'oti t is:et a sflplllll* 1.,1.14 ill the City Is one a great implastansee. Every persun I , ..cmiting It ratipii3.l in - the I city Is asstiossi*lted at being calicsl upon to tiiintriliiite :CO NN I/. Mort. than the satin paid by the mingle pas imls of Alarylehoise in poor rates, when he calla to milli' the large roar ytl►ieh the City reeeives from eharitablo assumes for the relief of the poor. 'llse Whole of this extra charge may las traced lii the expellees of establishment and management. There Are 10 the City throe unions itemtead of one, and thus the ""dHlivisioll of IWtiottliti. (btu of tht:lol 2 Hiltons bos no union or pourhotuus whattever. viurithuttsc Woutuulodik THE PRESS. ta" 11 • Wall . Lilt 411% 1.4t'1l throw utuous aulac k ki of Wu% h A ., !0 .4 104,4mmai., and du. City of lAanalou Untou 'nab *lour exianda , ,l tho caunutuua hWH of aitl.l4; J. iu Up,/ lalang of a near yorislaoauta• at lio*. I Lola at LuN Lauul • ia the .:11%.,101ALIAte on ae.roault 4)1 ut 1144- 14•)444. in taw tiara, any union*. the parnala of St. 1t1ar,1,1,441c, dn• pariah of iameiht.th, Liar yea)* IS,'s and I .•:4•Z conuraawci Lugt. , ther. 14 that atatixiaarsai N :apia•ar• that ill the tinee uniuma, a lab a population of 1 . ,..11,1•:.5. ry., uditur, ut IsiN aaa., 9:1.751/., an4l 14) . !, iaa tilc 'Wish nil M111)10.ollt . • Midi atalt.q , ulutiuu of 11:4Ltoti, the calksaaditure in Is4s **a antal w 1N1'2,47,7:111.; ita the juuiu.la of Lauulet..l.l), with at poptilatiou of 1:19,3V), atr ekiwialittirt. in IS.'S aka, 46,74411., ; *Loral„ dud the ihrea , unions of .I.4ualuu, under Ihu Ala 414.41 aaataw. cold. for* taualkr population, wall, 414)41141v as Ullta tla: itaxialtea of St. Nix) kbow• awl I.lautlx.tla, with a much latrin:a . population POLISH ANNIVERSARY MEETINti. A nt:F.Tuto, to (onunemorato the r e volution in Poland in IMMO, WWI SMlMionett by the Polish Cott t I femoerat le Committee, WO Cattle oir Oil TM.N.I:I) au the JiIiMACE-Mitielll ROOMS. It Whit+ attendod by it large number of "liatriots," English, Mem+. lierwam Italian, and Hungarian lineage. M. Women, a Pole, was called Lo the chair. but ex ettsod himself Ilom niaking it speedo on the plea of weak health. An address front the CA'lllllll 1'01)111)1'1We WAS then read to the assembly in English, French, and Polish. This manifesto contained a florid H p void on behalf (41' the liberty and nationality of Poland, reeonnuending the patriode populations of Europe ti ) seize the opportunity offered by the pre sent war in the East to crush their great the Emperor of Russia. The moat timorous para graphs V,eru llikl following : _ •' Now. when our chief enemy is (ow the firm time since IKtil staved in leis onward course 1..arl the Minimum .d• his ia'rraitary aml,il • sria•tnes - -wlu•n thi4 enemy Imp iwt►s to be the keystone of h.ttsopeol► atooolutiono, hou hor whose four Ve4lllll 001 'la' Milgole route►. oolitic,. of the aali4ll, alliance of )(kip mgainst peo l oteo %%0041 howe crottoololvol to joieees everywhere. from lIIIIWary Vrajee sad to 110 W, Wh , i► Itiosoian Toaristot, this Toortorlty/m ii iii erer,•. scene • . itttl.lantc•el 111440111 the oost,en ,dear oor a ;mama 10111 strong Shivoitiont mei., is tottering moler Iloot weight ot • its own etinu's, it is for alt, the eldest and most siggri,l.vol of its violin's, before h. I • g the great hank .d' luuuauity. to call tintb to our sister notions, • hour or (Lehi eratore WALL* . ."I'lterefure, this *universal.) is neither at Melt! INallaienianlitkln of past aVaillll, nor a posthumous triumph Wr b)gone glory, but 1111 appeal froon Poloist to Europe and to 11W world, a imulifestatiou of life in the shadow of avail, u lick bvtwce9► the plot and the fliture. It ,•nut wows, au stet e.f alliance, au oath—like that at ; the alts • 111 • aaiVCrbal brotherhood, nor an oath only, but a deed. . . "'Therefore, you See hero, side by shift with Voles, the men who proclainusi the Vrpotblie at the lintel de in huis ; those who ilium the absinth stied hipal thr 44444 1/11111t0 . 41 their sub)' c banner of tics' anti the ; hill 111.11 il l; Vienna, )ressivii. arid earlanalte, magis kings to holt their hats in Is ttttt age to the 'wilder,' royal will ; thu s.' who in Hungary threw tott all,' ianets to an emperor. mei transfened the sovereign power rosin Mist In the entran• eltiSt slavo.s—to the whole pisoiole of lititigary. " Therefore, you see beside us the noble sons of future, free, democrat te, pmgressive Ittessio, whit, successor's I.l' the 111uulavietfs smut Pestal, have 'mienss into tridental alliance with the thimiocravy of Vihanti, forming at toter is treaty between NO liithehn divided nations, and between the martyrs and future eintipien ors of Husain', freedom. "'Therefore, also, we have invitrd to this fraternal gathering of nations thosee s•ons of Engleuel who sympathise with &enlists' even heyimil their town shores, and believe in international duties as well as national rights. We lotoryloy fsdil o u r own anervil duty, and rosier a worthy hontage to the hosvltalolti land wide!' afforthe to shelter, by placing our fraternal imulifestation under the pnotaction ad the Kitglisthitetople, anti conseerattng ttptsit English roil an altar to univerm;tl itrothechuist, " 11'hat, then, is it we all have to hit ? The imprisiseil is to bend's.. fur; Ilia free not to 'dhow their rulers to stop the progress of the stnigs4le 11...W111.4 111.1.1111111. " If this, atniggle the war Its 'Turks) is but the begin. "This, on the Iwenty.thirsll sinniverwilrv ,, f her r..v..bition, is IN slattern lam err from her 114,1111.. 11 heti NM again milt. %%ill bare but Etan,pe the Meal esitsquest of liberty for all. - A lltissian named IlEnvir.ft rend a written speech, chiefly devoted to et liiagraphieal mill &Attain notice of the present Czar ; " Ile ales etltteated, sis it were, in a guarilliouite ; stands manners patti of the brutality of the lasErsiekriaitti. thiss wag the type of ruitiierney. lle had deeimateil Poland, perrismited literature. plundered Turkey ; but still lie was a miserable man, though he governed alisailittely. Nielo Ll. hazarded a wnr with Turkey beratise lie wished rather 41 We a republic in Weer e, iu the event of his defeat, than a republics h 1 Paris." Mr. liwrow, as an Englihinnan, net proceeded to ...ketch what he considered the 11111401 and rights of England its relation to the pending struggle. lie declared, in her name, " that if she only moist. one wor.l—war against the Crer, war against despotism, war against wrong—freedom 1 e,, 11 1,1 lipeetlily achieved. Ile know of no ititeher or greater mission fors nation than to assert the truth In *Mien, ss was done once tiptoe% a day when Vane sat at the council 725 hoard. *bar Milton row, *lieu 111, tommell did boat heinous, and %hen Make nook het UAW all over Entype . sio•lt pelt) junto:mlN Its _%lNrnilsi•U, fuh l 1111*24411. it VI 3• 4 DOI W,.1141111t1 that England shoulit eow e j to the lei el of cotsieti ; hitt, tliinn,4l their pokey niatie England like a nation of vermin, the English wan. nut a dastatilly people, suit kit woukl Say that the vane,* 4A the witituiVll wire sitar and eamaiminia Mr war against Itimiana—war its (moor of freadoma. ((leen.) Ilia I.o4eratitieitt would uot. howeiet. auk lib. aopireina id the UU: queati.n , tut LIU)) kUllt it would thunder Lae liar, and he i Mr. 1..) desists' Ule h aulrrs of thu I . :wroiht . : o l th•towisc) t.. tuatientbuttl that England wail is g fug to see the right course. atul that, 0110' elearly seen, she would folio% it. N against the Oar meant stir agitinst Att.tria and l'rnswia. the nsouTrelion of Poland tool Hungary, the shimenito the l'opo. it 'keen .1 ho wailer old woniett and %logs, arni •aitira pr,,,,t4, 4 “... nen• aloud of nor, for it womb( wil ti oth a t e ssubrut tvnition--Nlazitini at Itioise. and France stenos% of her Kelvin ignominy. Ile was lauWwier. Li mo 14,„1,4c of Eitidnaill would do dist nhieb was just, cysts %Imolai the lwii‘eifs should full, when one, Uwe e o ttev i te d U In the UIMII . of altainocraey, diet efoi liis voice to lite !tattle-shoot t.. the Chin. a n d despotism soil wrong, and life toot the tossi.tus..l' Europe, l'ottoul. Italy. and limitary. Ile eott eltsle.l I.y %Odium goil,pcvd lv Use I , :untpesai irptsithe. and 1. ) hoping that dm anti. witittimil asuittermity of the l'oltsit liet ulot tett would be held in Warsaw. - An%oift lit•tif:, speaking in auntie/I, lishi out small pnwpoet eufnuirliiiirinelit for l'obuiti aiiitil 11w tlity etatio wiseti *lto now divided rliet , of tho 111`111VM% WSW talee unit ml in a ettniuittti btnitl of vans tisilll Y. i Ir. N. liAnA.47., a foie, atitiresseti 11w meeting in Freiteh. lie then stitervti into an analysis of the position of the l'intpean etsitinental itowera with respect to Russia:— " 11w Emperor of Anstala hail no politieal existence iiith.peitileist of Rossi*: anal tiw King of Prussia wlO4 to the t'roir ; while there could lOC no sits 111111 Wee Tl•%olllll4.liiiry anal the loaf victual in the head it( 10'1-awe at to Client. It was, therefor', only by tho ....lidareld of propitys that Plibuid istishl he ry dated tool 1 1 1... if% utl over laWlw you t h/whoa ; coal tilts could tally by brought shoot by a $;(111'1111 I'Vtiilllll4.ll " liungarian. spoke in English. anti shi'l'l a picture of !tussle trampling upon and crushing the helloing Ott eatit milk of liet, lies sa i led that he " hail tut faith. In diplotuacy. but but list( in destiny mid that destiny of titan was nett darken:tut. though tile rtalers of Europa timatieti tint advent of liberty :nitro titan they Aid that ttl the Cirsuisek hurtles." 11r. Hooey rep eatod his speech arterwartia in 1.10111 A letter from Ilay/itii was rem!, statist( that the writer wits hoarse, iieuraigie, mid coughing, all tumid not atteml the meeting iu ',vista', lint wan tiovertlieltHts liniment in spirit, and fully ettineitleal iu vlttlt and ohjeek, which were truth ; lovit,miti liberty, mut the tiniantilisliuti of all titimikittil. Au Ilaliatt gentleman, wlitsie name did not trails litre, thou ii.thlressed tin) meeting. l'obusi. hal said, seconding to European tliplotimey, was avail; but the tuayertholess felt ctiinpulltiti to guard lair elire wills a ittisolreol ti 1111 l KIIIIIII bayonets:— The generous Froielo pvpl« had moo Wk.,' mi t tioverm l ie l ot 01 , 1 they would N valet, iu their aytutoatioy with P 110111. .11 . ha IV Wllll 111 1W 1111 4.114.1•1111111.11 e t thud &yin 101 by, 111'0111.11 then. were trilsloitts in Hanes. as well out l'olosiol, 1 Siberia *me thew Istralleleol by t'ayosiotoos ; but it still lived ifs the uundr or that olostossotrowy. moot would always lw Mollified wills the twos. of the re volution, thee 1.11111141 liberty awl of torisKrt•sa. The Nisstker t h at, roolorol into a limg Mittel/tweet oh the rise mod &th i n• o f ti ts Im o n . v „f it • twos its France, lINIy, tool oilier eunalrieal soli the 'ilista• laurel latter Us the alesweeelea tat auledaroli on the part of the toorotslea eat duvet, eoosiottrios. nrgswi l l bw t h,. Nat ion • of the ree%.shathees hearknel the MO tocesiotity of the guillotine--I ,st, e , mt tivritio . the lull follow, to lAIIIIIIIIIII4 NIA to Cayenne, Ni. well AS the eree..l melosetae.•re... apt Ih.pselpherear ; fusel ha. iteetieele.d that the only corm a wilt,• sit wltieh reuld rrtabhrh tt4iriiti• into Him ro.sleetot holimmity wan the republic. Thom was no without flews weary, anal uo sleniorracy with ono SO 41141111 4 9 n : .111.180 111. WWI aware that the word Sorimlisto toolotlit he shamusl swot toy mach mon as Louie Nnissols•ssa llosionpartos for the won't intritoses." The speaker was greatly cheered daring hie addrea% gem! at its riottelii,,jun. _ _ . A 111 r. WA'l44/N, al4 a " IMP I," &dared dud Ulu I.:autlittli surto:tot sytnputhiwil with Poland and its heroes, unit knew ull ulx.ut John Kutiieski venal iiistritoilto. ...... M. I ,rtuto Ittit.t,im then mule an impassioned speeeli, in whit+ ho emitendisi that war, on an ox• tended and viimpreliensive scale, ow' so ov init. inevitable. Ile prorpeile.l to Irtteo. it 4 I.,ltHelm•nev., and argued that, war must iknshice litoert) would bike form and shclter in demo n His miocch WHO. exces,ively chitored by the mccting, who joined in the milviaker's closing exclamation, " Nee /a litipitipliepte Itilsmerletigete et Soriale!" After another siwecli frign another Pole the meet ing broke up. Till; Emi.uttott t b Itu . ssit has, it Ir stated, with drawn th e w hole of liir listithi from thu Bank of Eng lend. and closed hid IleCOnlit With that and also with the Bank of t'sance. SOMP' I