The Express.
London, England, 1853-07-20 00:00:00

ELECTION OF COMMON COUNCILMAN FOR

CASTLE BAYNARD WARD.

Yesterday, a Wardnsota was held at Johnson's
Rooms, Bermon-lane, Deetere-eoeamons, for the purples
of electing a Common Councilman for the Ward of Castle
Baynard, In the room of Henry Maggeridee, Esq., recently
elected as Alderman of the said Ward. The newly chosen
Alderman presided.
There was but one eandidate, namely, Mr. George Joseph
Cockerel', coil inerc'iant, of Earl-street, Biackfrtars.
No ether person being proposed, the worthy Alderman
declared Mr. Cockerell to be duly erected to serve as one of
the Common Councilmen for the ward during the remain-
ing part of the present year.

CITY COURT OF SEWERS.

Yesterday a court wu held, Deputy PEACOCK in
lb' chair.

li ti Several app ca ons were made of a personal character,
with reference to which orders were made. _

The reports of the several inspectors were read and
agreed to.
An app:ieation made by the labourers in the City stone-
yard for an advance of wages of sixpence per day in addi-
tion to the fifteen shillings per week now received by them,
was, after some discuuion, rejected.
The Pinworm. CLinx stated to the Commissioners that

be had received an official cummunicatioa to the effect that
in the course of a few dip all interments in the church.
yard of St. Botolph, Aldsrsgate, would be by authority dis-
continued.
With reference to an alleged nuisance caused by certain
refuse deposited from time to time in a dungpit belonging
pit to Mr. Sherman, of the Dull-and-Mouth, the said
being located in Oxford-Arms-passage, Newgate-market,
it was ordered t►at the same should be cleansed at least
twice a week, or discontinued altogether in the event of any
neglect on the part of the proprietor.
The CHATIMAN called the attention of the court to the
conduct of the Chartered Gas Company, who it appeared
had, in defiance of the surveyor's notice, taken up (for the
purpose of inspecting certain faints belonging to their mains
in Bishopsgate•street) a considerable portion of the pave-
ment newly laid at great cost by the commissioners through-
out the whole of that important thoroughfare. Ordered, on
the motion of Deputy Bolt, that the parties be summoned
to show cause why they had not conformed to the terms of
the surveyor's notice.
The Medical Officer's report, and some other trivial mat-
ters, having been disposed of, the court adjourned.

I'ARY COMMITTEES.

THE WEST END AND CRYSTAL PALACE
RAILWAY.

Yesterday, the committee on the merits of this
measure went into the cue of the South Western Railway
against it.
Mr. Tile, the architect, was examined, and expressed
an opinion that it was desirable a development of the pro-
wised attractioas of the Crystal Palace should take place
before a railway, which would take, he thought, nearly
two years to make, was specially constructed for the pur-
pose. Apart from this, he was ofopinion that the existing
means of communication by :road and rail to Sydenham
would be sufficient to accommodate the traffic.
Mr. Hawkshaw, C.E , considered that the line was not
well laid out for its object. A better one two miles shorter,
and costing 70,0001. less, might be constructed. A growing
desideratum in connexion with the metropolis on both aides
of the river was a well organised suburban railway, so as
sot only to accommodate the inhabitants of the populous
outskirts but to relieve London of the excess of traffic in its
principal streets, and the Crystal Palace line if constructed
independently would interfere with the adoption of such a
plan, and if adopted be so far a waste of capital. The pro-
posed junction with the South Western would, in his judg-
ment, be dangerous, and prevent the widening of their lime
as the traffic increased.
Mr. J. E. Brrington, communing engineer to the South
Western Railway Company, deposed that no advantage
would arise to the public from the construction of the
Crystal Palace line equivalent to the extent to which it
was calculated to cripple the South Western Railway traffic
at its junction.
After some further evidence the committee declared the
preamble of the bill proved, inserting certain clauses pro-
tecting the space that may be required by the South
Western Company for the extension of their line against
inconvenience or encroachment.

ELECTION COMMITTEES.
.CLITHEROE. _

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When the committee met yesterday morning,
John Webby, the witness who had been previously exa-
mined, was recalled, and wee further examined as to the
election of 1862. The witness said that, on the morning of
the polling day, he saw Mr. Aspinall at the Swan about
10 o'clock, at which time there was a breakfast going ow.
The people at the breakfast wore Mr. Aspinall's odours
(red). &me of them were voters and some were not.
He collected in some publican's bills after the election by
direction of Mr. Baldwin, sad he was not to tell where
he got the money to pay them. At one public-house, kept
by a man named Tomlinson, he got a bill for 10e.. which
he gave to Mr. Baldwin. The other bills he gave to Francis
Dewerden, a member of Mr. Aspinall's committee. This
bill was produced, and the witness was asked if he did not
get another bill from Tomlinson ? He mid he did, and the
amount of that bill was 671 odd.

Hobert Toiler, landlord of the tavern at Clitheroe, was
next examined, and stated that • few days before the
election Mr. Baldwin told him he would want a private
room at the Swan for himselfand friends. They had that
room, but witness never heard it was used or called u a
oommittee-room. Mr. Aspics% when he same into Chiba-
roe, always stopped at the Swan, but witness n saw
him go up stairs to that room, nor up stairs at all.
This witness was twice cautioned very impressively by
the Chairman to try and give his evidence in a more
satisfactory manner than he had hitherto done. His
examination was then resumed, and was proceeding, when
The committee adjourned to this morning.