The Press.
London, England, 1856-11-01 00:00:00

Dttrogolitan.

DR. TAIT was duly elected Bishop of London by a
special Chapter held on Tuesday at the Chapter-
house. St. Paul's. Alter the election the Dean and
Chapter attended a "Te Deum " in the cathedral.
The confirmation of the election will take place in
the parish church of St. Nary-le-Bowe on Friday
next, and the consecration in Lambeth Palace on the
following Sunday.

THE REPORT OF THE CORPORATION COMMITTEE
upon the question of the reform of the corporation,
and with especial reference to the Government bill
of last session, was read on Tuesday before the Lord
Mayor and a Common Hall. The report referred
to the labours of the committee, and to the presenta-
tion of the petition by Mr. Disraeli :
We wrote to the Right Hon. R. Disraeli, requesting he
would be pleased to present the petition to the House of
Commons, which he kindly consented to do. That we
attended from time to time at the house when the bill was
expected to be read a second time, and having had an
interview with Mr. Disraeli, he requested the petition
might be sent to him, when he would take the best oppor-
tunity of presenting it.
That the right hon. member presented the same on the
13th of June, and moved that it might be read at the table
of the house ; that it was so read, and ordered to be printed.
That, on the 20th of June, Sir G. Grey stated that, in con-
sequence of some objection raised to some parts of the
bill, time would not permit the Government to proceed
with it this session, and gave notice theretore of his inten-
tion to withdraw the same, and bring in another bill early
in the ensuing session.

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Resolutions approving the report, admitting the
willingness of the corporation to effect any necessary
reforms, and appointing a committee to carry out
such views, were proposed and unanimously carried.
THE CITY COMMISSION OF SEWERS COMMITTEE upon
the gasworks nuisance presented their report at a
court held on Tuesday. The committee, upon the
advice of the City solicitor, recommend that the
question be laid before the Lord Mayor and Court of
Aldermen, to take such steps in the matter as they
may think fit, it being open to doubt whether the
Sewers Commission have the power to burden their
rates with the costs of nuisance indictments. The
report was adopted.
THE AUETRALIAN STEAM CLIPPER COMPANY gave
an entertainment on Monday on board their new
vessel the Istamboul, in the Victoria Docks. The
Lord Mayor and Sheriffs, Sir S. M. Peto, and about
25U gentlemen and ladies, were present. Mr. J. B.
Gooch, in returning thanks for the company, gave a
few details relative to the comparative cost both at
first and in the working between the auxiliary screw
vessels and the full power steamers :

One of the full power steamships would cost on the
average about 65,0 101.: for the same sum two ships like
the Istamboul could be built. The steamer would be of
460-horse power. The two auxiliary screw ships would
carry engines equal to 160-horse power. The registered
tonnage of the steamer would be 1,900 tons, the tonnage
of the two ships would he 2,1461 tons, but the capacity of
the steamer for cargo would be only 430 tons, while the
two auxiliary screw vessels would have capacity for 2,810
tons. With regard to passengers, the steamer would carry
about as many as the both ships. The quantity of coals
consumed would he in the one case 1,930 tons, and in the
other 300 tons, and, the price of coals being about 21. a
ton on the average, the big snip would cost 3,0 10/. for the
voyage, while the two smaller vessels would cost for coals
only about 6001., while the value of the freight on the cargo
would be, in the large vessel 1,3301., and in the two small
ones 8,4001. The sailing expenses and insurance would
be about the same. There would thus be a gain on the
two vessels as compared with the large steamer of 7,0301.
in freight, and a saving of 3,3001. in coals, making a total
gain of 10,330/. for each passage. He believed their ships
would make four passages in the year, viz., two each way,
which would give them an advantage of 41,4001. upon the
same capital as compared with the full-power steamers.

The passage, it is stated, will be made in sixty days.
The htambota sails on the 10th for Melbourne.

THE QUESTION OF LIABILITY FOR SEWER RATES is
about to be settled by the Metropolitan Board of
Works, which met on Monday to hear cases arising
in connection with the enforcement. of rates and the
collection of improvement rateQ. A lady named
Wood, resident at, Ryle, in the Isle of Wight, was
summoned before the board for the recovery of
9L 55., being arrears of sewer rate for the district
of Fulham and Hammersmith, in respect of rector;al
tithes, Hammersmith. The payment of the rate
was refused by defendant, on the ground that the
property was not of a character that could be be-
nefited by the sewerage ; and that, therefore, she was
not justly liable. The board declined to admit the
objection, and made an order of distress against
defendant for payment of the money. Mrs. Wood
is determined to defend herself legally to the furthest
extent.

THE NOTTING HILL ROBBERS appear to have taken
Brompton somewhat under their care lately. A cor-
respondent to a contemporary this week asks whether
they have deserted Notting-hill for Brompton,
details as follows :

The other evening two ladle!—one young and lovely,
the other not so young and not so lovely—were, report
says, knocked down and robbed, close to the Boltons, in
Brumpton. Their purses and watches were taken from
them ; and, as a matter of course, Z 2.5 was not to be
found. How cwll he be, when he we a good geogra-
phical mile distant, listening to the dulcet tones of some
fair area nymph? An evening or two after this occurenee
a gentleman was maltreated in like manner in the vicinity
of those new roads called Albert-road and Cromwell road,
connecting Brompton and Kensington. He was so
severely hurt that he did not recover his senses fur some
time ; his watch he has n,,t yet recovered.

A DEAD 13')DY was found on Tuesday in the
Thames. Letters discovered in the pocket lead to
the identification of the body. The deceased was
Mr. Wilson, a respectable merchant of Dundee, but
shortly arrived in London. He is supposed to have
been drowned by accident, a large sum of money
and his watch and papers being found in his pockets.
THE MARYLEBONE LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC IN-
STITUTION was opened on Monday evening for the
winter session. Mr. Jacob Bell invited the members
and their friends to a conversazione at his residence
in Lan gh am-pl ace.
THE FORMATION OF ♦ NEW STREET THROUGH
SOUTHWARK was discussed on Tuesday at a crowded
public meeting of the inhabitants of the parish of
Christchurch. On the motion of Mr. Blake, seconded
by Mr. Apsley Pellatt, M.P., it was resolved " that,
owing to the vast increase of street traffic on the
south side of the River Thames, at!ributlible to the
various railway termini in the locality, it is highly
desirable that a new and suitable street should be
opened across this parish, connecting the existing
main thoroughfares leading to the several bridges