The Express.
London, England, 1863-04-25 00:00:00

PARLIAMINT.

Tax PROM= MASKS? nr LIECISTXII-11410Alla.
—Yes-
terday the committee of the Bowie of CCROMIMIO
of Mr. Adderiey (chairman), Lord Z. Howard, Tig. t&-
glish, Mr. II olford, ad Captain O'Coseell, met to consider
the write of the proposed Regent Market Company, sad
for authorising them to construct, =Male, sad replete
• market in Leicester-square. Sir F. Slade, Mr. Heller.
sad Mr. Garth amend for the promoters of
the bill, Sir F. Ma& stating that is coesememes
of the destructios of Huegerford.mwhei for the
=of the Charing-mom Railway the preset
accommodation for Westminster, the Strand, Lakes.
tsrequare, sad the adjacent district was tesuflieisnt for the
requirements of the western districts of the metropolis sad
that oetallishment of a new retail market in Leicester•
aw., ea the sits of what was recently Wyld's • 'Great
" the Isle of ensembles, frail, mak poultry, sad
dam oseemodities, would be of public and load advantage.
The Bails of the proposed new market which would coup
pries an ens Decoded on the tad by the east side of LeIC4II.
bouquets, on the north by the north side of the square
and the north side of New Coventry-street, theme
extending to Priaisisairset, stopping up Spur-street
at the south-west comer of the mare. It we
proposed for this purpose to rams HOMO& by shams,
and to borrow 60,000/. on loan. Powers were sought to stop
up the thoroughfare on the western side of the square, and to
stop up temporarily other thoroughfares adjacent, tolls to
be taken for shops, stalls. stands, and groaod. Provisions
were to be made forrestoring the sewers, &mo, and streets,
and the drainage works to be carried out to the satidaotisia
of the surveyor of the vestry, sad to be subject to the juris•
diction of the district board. The bill is opposed by the
Metropolitan Board of Works, by Mr. riles, g.c., and Mr.
V. Harcourt, oo the ironed that the proposed market would
block up the thoroughfare, end deprive that portion of the
Wed sod of a salubrious open space. The Marquis of Salis-
bury sod parish authorities of Westminster and Eh. Mantis's
also oppose. Yesterday witnesses were examined favour
of the measure.
Nxw Barnoas OVER Tax TaAMElL—Yesterday, in Lord
Taunton's committee, the ease of the Putney sod Fulham
New Bridge wee considered. It is proposed to construct the
bridge from Putney to Fulham • little to the eastward of
the existing Putney-bridge, oo the suspension principle, with
three mass, the centre of the bridge to have a headway of
not Ism than 21 feet above Trinity high-water mark, sad
at the abutments of 8 feet, with a pier and landing Magee
The committee, after Mk* miasma oorroberative of the
objects of the bill, agreed Ne pass it, subject to provisos
giving compensation to the peoprietom of old Patieey-bridge
to be armed by arbitrates or • jury. This decision throws
oat another project, called Fulham Bridge. which proposed
a similar bridge on the westward side of old Parse!-bridge.
New STILEXT ROM BLACKMAILS TO THE KAMM-
1/011111L—Yeslarday Mr. Harrison, C. L. was exandsed is
this committee. sad subsequently Mr. Scott, the City
Chamberlain, the latter geauman giving velars°, at ma-
siderable length relative to the constitution, rights, and pri-
vileges of the corporation, sad the foods at their disposal.
He saw no reason for the interference of the Metropolitan
Board of Works, and thought the City should retail' the
right of carrying out the work tbemselves. Mr. Calvert.
Q.C., then opened the opposite cam oe behalf of the City
Commissioners of Sewers, and examined Mr. Heywood,
their engineer, to show the expediency, as regsrds may
of management, of placing the maosponsant sad making of
the neeemary subways and sewers entirely imam the coa.
trot of that body. The committee then adjourned to
Monday.