The Express.
London, England, 1849-12-07 00:00:00

LAMBETH RAGGED SCHOOLS.

amrsOTAKUNTS AT MOLNORN.NILL.
Mr. HALL rose to *all the attention of the court to this
subject. He obeened that a vast number of reports had
been presented in relation wit within the last tailless. with
out any satisfactory result. He concluded by proposing the
following resolution;
" That this wart feel deeply 'sensible of the necessity of a
great andseEnrebentive me-auto being adopted at the eerie-
Mt period ble ter the effectual improvement of Holborn-
bill and • nee-itzeet. That it appears to this court the
improvement contemplated in Victoria-street cannot be
satisfactorily carried out until the 'riot of the improvenvot
of Holborn-hill is set.led and defined. That inasmuch as
all branches of the community puling and re-pagang .1.162
three thoroughfares will be meentially benched
improvement, this court are of opinion that the Ma fee
carrying the same into ex-cutioa ought to be perffied with
the &asinine. of parliament; and that the aiselninee be
directed to proceed to 01101 ill a conference with die 'orna-
ment, and report thereon to this court."
The neolation having been seconded,
Kr. It. L JONES said there could be no advantage la
destroying a hill east ant west, and to make another north
and south.
Mr. WHITESIDE 'stymied the motion.
i
Mr. ANDERTON was of opinion that the improvement
committee should enter into communication with the govern-
ment on this subject.
Mr. Alderman LAWRENCE observed that the principal
traffic east and west was net by way of Holborn-hill, bat
through Fleetstreet sal the Strand. (Cries of " No, no.")
He did not consider a viaduct necessary. Much beasfiC
would arise from raising the ground at the bottom of the '
to hill the extent of fire or six feet. As to applying
that
to '
the government, ro money. would be granted in
quarter except in connexion with some government
Winne of improvement. The best coarse would, in
bh spisies be to make one great line of communication from
Newipele street t Leicester-equare, so as to relieve the streets
we each she.
Mr BLAKE was surprised to hear a suggestion for the
anuibilotion of that gnat artery, the line of communication
from Holborn to On ford-street and Bayswater, by means of
mother Gresham street, Weans and turning till it Wound it-
self in the warts of law. (Laughter.) Ye ith regard to the
vicinity of Holborn-hill, it should be recollected that there
was the nucleus and source of nearly all the disorders of the
City. In a sanitary point of view, therefore, it was most its-
portant to raise the level. It would be childish, however, to
ask for government aid until they were prepared with some
definite plan.
Mr. HALL having replied, the motion was lost.
ADOPTION OF BATHS AND WA6HROCSML
Mn. Al 'groan SALOMONS then rose to move,
"h That it be referred to a committee to consi ier the propriety
of te corporation erecting.baths and wastkoures within this
city for the use and convenience of the labouring classes resi-
dent therein, and to report thereon to this Court."
He said he trusted that then would he a unanimous vote
in favour of the resolution which he had the honour of pro-
posing. He wished the corporation to establish on their own
responsibility either one or two of these establishments for the
benefit of the labouring eludes of the City of London ; and he
would briefly state the grounds on which he based his propose
tion. A bill was brought into partisan-at. under the supelin-
ten&nce of the Rev, Sir Henry Dukinfielil, the late rector of
St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, which enabled parishes, on erg
min conditions, to construct baths and wash-houses.
Under the powers of that act a splendid building,
one of the handsomest in the metropolis, was constructed at
the back of the National Gallery This establishment cost
about 16,00 W. It was of a compound character, consigiog
not only of baths and wash-houses, but also of laundries,
washing places, drying places and ironing places. The
baths, however, had been in operation the longest. It was
from them that the profit was chiefly derived; if the
laundries paid expenses, the utmost nut could be expected
was realised. It would be a great mistake to suppose that
the lowest classes alone availed themselves of the benefits
thus offered. The establishment in St. Martin'e-in-the-
Fields was visited, amongst others, by many clerks and
shopmes. There, as on railways, ere first atd
woad class places. Those who paid sispence had
the use of a lookingglass and a comb; while
those who paid twopence brought their own
ceommodation. (Laughter.) The establishment ton
opened on the 24th of January in the present year ;
and from returns made up to the 2nd of December, it
that
ap-
peared that the number of persons or of visi677ts, upd
that arito
date, a period of about ten months, was 182,,
2.7131. had been received in payment. (Hear. hear.) M-
eaning. on the authority of those who were best acquainted
with the matter, that the expenses amounted to oily two-
thirds, sod tl. it 3,0101. would have bven received by
the
end of the present year, then would be 2,0001. to meet
current expenses of the establishment, and 1,0001. to pay the
interest of the cepa*, invested. (Hoar, bear.) WAS it too
such, then, to ask the court, in its corpora@ cap way,
to raise a-i establishment of this kind, inipecially when
the object could not be effected by other sears The
inetrop "litan parishes beyond the City could effect this ob-
ject by appoint's: commissioners, asd oroceediog in a cer-
tain form ; but the City of London being cut up into a Num-
ber of small parishes, the corporation could alone deal with
the question, sad unless they interfered, the working people
of the metropolis would, he believed, in three or ur years,
be almost the only town population to which was denied the
benefit of baths and wishbone's. An satabliehment existed
es
in Marylene ; tee rate pacers of St. John's and fit.
Jam's, Whoestminster, and of St. James% Piccadilly,
had recently determined to erect one,
oul I ard
soon
in
Liverpool then were already two, and w
be a third. Would they consent that London should be in
a averse position ?
Mr. J. T. NORRIS seconded the motion.
Kr. R. TAYLOR espy-arced the motion, declaring that be
lid so most heartily, and express, d his regret that the toes
tits al providing self supporting habitations for the poor cad
not bees included. Those two questions were, in his opi-
ates. almost Lawns:ably connected.
Ur. LOWE thought that the court did sot know what
it was alms if it eatertained this question. It did not some

The anniversary meeting of them schools was held
yesterday mein', at the Horns Tavero, Kennington.
Lord ASHLEY having taken the chair, said, is the mune
of his address, that the meeting was aware that he made,
in the lest session of parliament, an additional e ffuet to pro-
duce upon the public mind and government some eff.ct
whereby they might be assisted in the great eau.s they nod
undertaken ; but there was no calculating on the consistency
of the opinions and feelings of public an. The year be.
fore he was received with open awn, and much caressed,
and this year his reception was presissly the reverse. He
was allowed a hearing, which wee all he did obtain, and he
wu dismissed with as much courtesy as he had remind en
the former occasion. But this only pressed upon them an
additional obligation; this only showed that, if those in
authority and power repudiated this great duty, it was for
those ..An had some 'egad for their high duties,
and some consideration fo the interests of those who
were to come after them, to do that which ought to be
effected by thou who had the advantages of power sad
authotity. He had never obtained an aunt rto one gees-
win ; he had premed on the government the consequence el
leaving so many thousands of young children in a state la 1,
which he had shown they became inevitably either the In-
mates of gaols, or red* tett to the convict population ; but
tea one question had nev r been ensnared ; if they rejected
all these prepositions, it they admitted the state of things to
be such as it was, what wee the course they ware
prepared to take? Were they prepared to say,
that knowing this to be the state of the population
knowing the ism to Wench as he had apprehended, tat
would leave the evil without remedy, and calmly stand up
and untemplato the frightful i-sue which was the natant
and inevitable consequelioe. To that the answer hie got
might be summed up in • single seatence, "Am I my
brother's keeper ?" (Hear, hear.) According to every
man's opportunity he was his brother's keeps*—(hear,
hear), but he very much feared that the awful events in this
district of Lambeth would add not a kw to the miserable
claimants for their interposition. That being the ease it be-
hoved them to make additional MLA. to suet the evil that was
growing upon them.
•report stating the proceedings of the committee was
read and adopted ; sod resolutions founded thereon, to the
effect of the statement of the noble chairman, were moved
and seconded by the Ker. J. Brown. T. Buiney, Mr.
J. Shearon, Mr. J. Cor.uroy, Mr. T. Beggs, and others,
when the meeting e.minated.

VISIT OF SIR R. PEEL TO Mi. HUITABLE'S
011.11 LT EXPERIIIBNTAL FAttgl.—The right boll. baronet
arrived at the parsonage im the evening of Thursday, the
29th, and remained till Saturday: It is too well ktowu
in
Donetshire to require any par scalar description. The at-
tention of Sir Robert Peel was especially directed to the
large number of cattle born, bred, milked, and fattened
entirely in stalls. This expcnent of keeping
e stock wholly
in the house has turned out farm more successful then practi.
sal men ever expected • they all seemed very healthy end
doing well. Besides the cattle, a great number of fatting
pigs in two diff rent kind of stalls were exhibited, and sheep
likewise, which, ales Sir Richard Simeon's madel, are now
tie.' uo in the same way as cattle. But the ar
rangements made for securing the manure both
liquid and solid seemed especially. to interest him.
S.r Robert Peel trot some time in examining the machinery.
The steast-engine does the following duty : threshes. win-
now), and sacks the cain. cuts off the straw into chaff, kiln
dries the corn, grinds it into meal, bruises the beans for toe
horses, and works a largo bone mill. All this it can perform
at one and the same time. We have heard Mr. Instable
say it is by this economy of labour and manure that he ho. es
to meet the reduced prices of farm produce. Prom the hill
the whole pasty waqted to the west (a clay) farm. Here the
addiuonal point of interest was the method of transmitting
the manure in a liquid form by means of pipes underground
to different parts ot the farm ; also the use of a portable rail-
way (la.ely introduced) for carrying off riots from heavy
land in wet weather. We hi and that Sir B. ibert Peel ex-
pressed himself highly gratified by the admirable arrange-
ments which be saw at boll farms, and we rejoice to learn
that he seemed in excellent health and spirits. The gusts
invited to meet the ex-premier were the Dean of Westmin-
ster, Sir Edward B. Baker, Bart., and Maas Baker, Sir Wm.
leledlycott, Bert ,IL C. St , It. B. Sheridan, Esq.,
and T. Bowyer Bower, —un, Sh. e'er's' Journal.
MILITARY BANQUET TO EARL DE GREY.—On
Tuesday evening a splendid banquent was given to Earl de
Grey, in honour of the oesesion of the presentation to him
of hie portrait by the officers of the Yorkskir.' Hussar Regi-
ment, of which the noble lord is the commander. The enter-
tainment took place at tre De Grey Rooms, Turk, and was
attended by about 30 noblemen and gentlemen. The was
which has been painted by Grant, is a lialength pm-
treaof the noble earl in his military capacity, and has cost,
we are informed, upwards of 3004. It is an admirable