The Express.
London, England, 1848-03-10 00:00:00

COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL

Yesterday a court was held for the decpatch of
business end the discussion of mat ten of (laic importance.
Tits STRZWT DISTURRANCBIL—Mr. Bailey expressed an
earnest wish to know horn the Lord Mayor whether any-
! thing had been done to protect the shopkeepers of the city
from a repetition of the injurious annoyances to which they
had been for the last two days subjected from the disgrace-
ful conduct of number. of boys and young men, who
aP-
peered to be mixed up with some of the worst characters la
the metropolis. (Hear, Year.) He produced • large stone
which he said had been dashed through a window in a house
in St. Paul's churchyard as a specimen of the sort of missiles
used by the blackguard mob, and stated that on the day be-
fore almost all the houses;in that vicinity were closed, and
ladies were afraid to pay their accustomed visits to trades-
people in consequence of the great excitement which pre-
! vailed.—The Lord Mayor assured the court that the city
authorities had used all possible precautions on the occasion
lof those disraccful street disturbances; that every man
connected with the city police force had been out for the last
48 hours, and that the magistrates were in direct communi-
cation with other parties, so that if an outbreak were
to take plate it woeld be put an end to in a very
short time. (Hear.) As to the breaking of windows, he
could not see that the magistrates were able to prevent that ;
but he was sorry to fled that the shopkeepers had adopted
the injudicious expedient of shutting up their houses, es it
was calculatid to operate as a symptom of alarm. (Cheers.)
A crowd of persons, chiefly boy. had done some mischief in
Cheapable, and in passing the boy.,
had shown an
inclination to have • fling at the windows. The police, how-
ever, quickly diverted their attention from that object, and
they soon disappeared altogether. He (the Lord Mayor)
was not under the slight, st apprehension as to any disturb•
ance is the city ; but he was ready to swear in any number
of special coastablos which might he considered necessary,
and he was prerared to provide them with staves and other
weapons for the preservation of the public peace immediately.
(Cheers.) The citizens might place the utmost reliance
upon his assurance, that in leas than two minutes, in the
event of any terrific occurrence, an overpowering force would
be in operation. (Cheers )
SANITARY REOULATIONG FOR THE CITY OF LONDON.—
Deputy Peacock, the chairman of the Commission of Sewers,
presented the following report, which while being reed was
greatly cheered in various passages :
We desire to inform your honourable mart of the course which we
hove pursued In reference to the bill for the sanitary improvement
of City of London, in conformity with the order of your honour.
able court of the 17th day of December last, end of the present posi-
tion in which we are place, in respect thereto. Precious to which it
muss be advisable to refer shortly to the proceeding. upon the health
of towns Bid introduced into parliament by Lord Morpeth In the last
ft./slon of parliament. The conandesionere having, with the sanction
of your ha/nov(01e court, decided on opposing the bill introduced by
Lord Morpeth, Mau acted the City Itemembranter to obtain, ice the
Aral inst.nce, an intervime with Lord John Blown, Lord Morpeth,
and Sir George Grey, to request that the City of London might be
exempted from the imeration of the bill. After an interval of a few
day-, the commissioners were favoared, through the Remembrance.,
with the fallowing letter
Odic* of Works, April 13, 1347.—L0rd Month prawn= hie conk-
pliments to the City itemembrancer, m nd as it has been the intention
of her Majesty's government specially to exclude the City of London
Itself from the operation of the Health of Tema Bill, inumuch as
their commiosionern of sewers are already in distinct connexion with
the corporatim, he imagines that the deputation who proposed to
honour the several members of the goon =lent with a personal inter-
view will not deem it necereary to put themselves to that trouble."
This communication rendered any petition against the bill unneces-
sary, soul a clause was afterwards introduced by Lord Morpeth into
the bill exemption the City of London from its operation. Lord
Morpeth persevered for some time to tarry the bill, but ultimately
withdrew it, signifying his intention to bring in a similar bill in the
present =ion of parliament- No new circumstances have arisen
since the communication with Lord Morpeth last year to justify any
alteration in the decision which the government then acme CO, 10
exempt the City of London from the operation of the government
h It, and the mitamiceonere did rot, therefore, anticipate any
apposition to the bill sanctioned by your honourable court
for the sanitary regulation of the City of London, in which
are =dulled all the important points of sanitary regulations
contained in the hill for promoting the public health introduced in the
pre-eat mention ef parliament by the government With respect to
the bill which we bare, under your icetruetion, introauced into porno-
Mean thin erasion, we met upon several emanate= to discuss the same,
and conferred with • committee of the Court of Aldermen thereupon,
and at the close of the month of December last prepared the bill.
which was lodged in due tonne in parliament, and it having pared
1.11, standing orders committee oi the House= Commons, the sheriffs,
on the 17th day of F. loamy last, presented a petition for leave to
bring in the bill, and the home harieg given have it was read the
first Ume on the 11th of February, and ordered to be read a mond
time. That by • recent mantling order of the Hemmed Commons all
private hilts are ordered to be read • second time within ten days alter
the Ant reading. times it became oseeseAry that the hull should he
read a second tone on or Oak re the 21st day of February lam. but
• having In the interim deemed It advis thle to ascernon olatinctly the
Intention. of her Mamety's government with regard to the hill, we
made arrangements for • deputation to attend Lord Morpeth on the
subject on the February last, beds.] by Mr. Fannon, Mr. Mai-
terman, Mr. Sheriff Cubitt, Mr. Alderman Sidney, and Mr. Charles
Norton, at the aloe of Woods and Forest+, when Lord Morpeth
informed us that if the bill were proposed for • second
reading, he should feel it Ins duty to oppose it, and that the
gore, oment intended to introduce • bill to comprehend all
toe metropolis within one commie/ion of sewers, and to include the
City of london in its provisions. That upon being asked when mach
bill world he introduced, his lordship stated that he would not pledge
himself as to time, but that it would probably be ready within a fort-
night from that periorL Cpon being vented to consent to • postpone-
ment of the Fecund leading of our bill until the government bill were
brought in, he rooted he mould not consent, nor should be oppose it;
he would Dot interfere therein. Under these circumstances we son-
atdered the Mist crone to bo adopted was to get the order of the first
reading discharged with • view to Introduce It again when the govern-
ment bill was brought in, which was accordingly done; and we take
this the earliest opportunity to inform your honourerae court of the
result Your honourable court have been informed of the appoint-
ment by her Malady's government of a commirarion to inquire late
the health of the metropolis, who published their first report some
time since, wherein wall contained certain =bubo statements of the
number of ca-co, deaths avd recoveries, hi the time of the cholera
in the year Ilia In the City of London, by • mieitatement
altogether unamonotable, the population is therein repreeented
a. having Men only 33,191, in-teal of 122,093, as i. given in the
official po iulation et-turns, and as the number of deaths is in the
mine table put down at the full amount it increases the ratio of
death.. in the City ci London. se ID 133, instead if 1 in 345, as was
the fact. To this Important statement so prejudfeal to the City of
1.011 on, and incontrovertibly untrue, we drew the attention of Lord
Morpetta, b. a letter, addremed to him, tut oag since as the 17th day
of December last ; but, to this mom nt, wr bare had no reply to that
letter, nor seas the emir been rectified. We deem it right to inform
your honourable curt, that our chairman, with the clerk and
curveyor. have been osamin Al by the saidtoy Commission, at Cyr) -
dyr florae, on three cemiono recently, and It is with retret tic it
we feel =lop lied to allude in terms of dimpprobation to the course
of examination pursued by them as unjust, and ceiculated to elicit •
before your hcmourable
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statementtbesuhjec In
of ficluarttc.g
tad
with
our
ope-
rations of late year. in this city, we beg to istFrs
you, that within lb.. sty nod its liberties are contained
about 630 acres 0! ground, and this comparatirely small
area is new intersected by upwards of 42 mules of diluent pato=
sewerage, Since the year 1540, several miles of new sewers hare
been emmtracted at a cost of upwards of 230,0001., and in the whole
City of London only about three miles of sewers
smut now, ander any
circumstance., he required to be made; and if, ccording to the pro.
TLiiOILS of the governmeet bill for promoting public health, turtles
were compelled to drain bore with= 100 feet of a public
rinser, the present siewers7% very few exceptions, would be sofa-
Gent for the entire (i of London. The sewers are all in good con-
dition ; they are wen at sad the commissioners are actively
in completing • system of flushing the whole of them.
itICI therefore. be my that the drainage of this city tsar be