The Express.
London, England, 1863-02-25 00:00:00

COURT OP COMMON COUNCIL

A special Court of Common Council was holden
yestssday, under the presideacy of the Lord Mayor, for the
purpose of dispoaing of some business in connexion with
some railway project& haring roferenoe to the City of Loss
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Alderman HAIR promoted a petition from inhabitant
hoseaholders and others in the ward of Coleman-street,
praying the court to take into consideration the propriety
of fteadocthat a parliamentary opposition be made by
the corporation to the paining of the proposed railway bills
of the Grant Eastern Railway Company, for taking the
entire area of Finsbnry-eircus and the adjaceet properties
in the said ward.

The petition was read at length, and the worthy alderman
afterwards addrimed the court, and moved that it should be
referred to the Bridge-house Mates Committee for them
to consider and report what should be done in the matter.
He sad that the subject of the proposed extension of rail-
ways into the metropolis, and particularly into the very
heart of London, was one of very great impatrow, not
only to those who were to be summarily expelled from the
property they at present occupied, for railway purposes but
also to the public at large. They had only to look at what
was going on in the neighbourhood of London-bridge and
they would see instead of houses and shops, only an ugly
bridge and • dead blank wall, and if only • portion
of the scheme' at present proposed was to be carried out,
he bad no hesitation in saying that a large amount of public
deformity, so far as the City of n was concerned,
would be created. (Hear, hear.) With regard to this par-
ticular project for destroying Finsbury-circa, he oonsidered
that it was most objectionable, and would be productive of
• large amount of injury to the inhabitants of that parti-
cular locality, and to the ward geoerally he con-
sidered it was the duty of the corporation to render all
the opposition in their power to it. He concluded by stating
that be was glad to see that these projects for cutting
up the metropolis in all directions for the sake
of seaming private speculations only In a great
many instances had attracted attention, and that Lord
Derby had taken up the matter in the Home of Lords, and
that this particular measure brought forward by tie Great
Eastern Railway Company had been very needy summarily
disposed of on the previous evening, and probably would
have been so if Lord Derby bad not °amanita that the
discussion should be postponed for a fortnight.
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Deputy Plenum seconded the motion, and in so he
observed that by all these projects for bringing ways
into populous neighbourhoods, a vast amount of rateable
property was destroyed, and the companies took
good are to get clauses insetted in their acts
of parliament to save them from giving any-
thing like adequate compensation to any of the parties
who were sufferers by their proceedings. (Hear, hear.)
With regard to the diefigurement of the metropolis by many
of the proposed schemes, he mid that it was patent to
everyone, and he thought it was to be lamented that by the
bridge that would be carried over Ludgate-street, the beau-
tiful work of Sir Christopher Wreo, St. rears Cathedral,
would be almost eatirely bidden.
Mr. Mamma opposed the motion, on the ground that
the parties residing in the neighbourhood were the proper
pumas to oppose the proposed scheme, and that the corpo-
ration ought not to be called upon to do so. He moved, u
an amendment, that the petition do lie on the table.
The amendment was seconded by Mr. Hamra, but upon
a show of hauls the original motion of Alderman Hale was
earned by • very large majority.