The Express.
London, England, 1856-01-23 00:00:00

CITY COMMISSION OF SEWERS.

Yesterday a court yea held for the detpatoh of
publie Indultam. Mr. Deputy Peewit presided.
oOIIII2IUCTIOX OF YAI7LTS 1101111ATH PUBLIC !FATS.

IlteairiixtuNZiriVevrea mod 'mime that the &Ma-
k dos of the whole of the maidesion, ae well se of the pub-
; do, should be directed tea report from Mr. Haywood, the
r eagineer, to whom had been referred the siocrlitions ia omo
sexion with the oosetmetiss of malts beneath public ways.
The report was this read. Its mai& reeeramendstioce
1 were :—• That the top of each arab be at least two feet
below the name of the payment. That ten feet, memo
ae.
from the hest line of the home to the extreme outer
t of the brickwork of the end well, be the greatest pro-
greeted is say street, bat that in streets
where the footway km not so great • Ploim•••
se tea feet, WI the external face of the brickwork
I be osly allowed to the line of sorb of such footways."
The report mmobsted se follows :—" The principal alters-
, des bowie gespeeed is making the grown of the vaults
Me bet lessatit the earfase instead of 12 inches, se by the
=Mr; end Ale amendmest may provost the
lasy
additional writer obstacles to Ming the
I maims odd Mgr, water, sad other onspowles Meath the
I mat, however, beg to remark to your iten.
comfes=lilloilmerrom are is my minket MUM Mastless
for moot mils cad pips, and the room for their being
is are vides& Vaults in the vicinity of pimp its moat
hmoncesinak asd if too sear, gas pipes may, nod ham in
some oases, lead to dangerous malts; sad it would on many
ammeste be moot adnatageou U, st the present time, no
make whatever existed beoestb the pudie modem paths.
There may be ems difficulty is abolishing them which
hem bees long enjoyed, and a general abrogation. of the
mem of pontiff/kw Ma meld doubtless cam much
privets ismovesionee, and be Solt as a hardship by many,
but year by year the empatiew of the paths way so much
imeremee, sad so ill do the pithily brook the lacoavesionor
whisk myth from isterraption M the Wank that Ism
oesviseed that the time mart acne when It will be s moo
city that there malts be sleet milady promoted, and the
pablis ways be esly used for public purposes ; and that it
would be well' if, from this period, your hos.mart wears
to refine pemiedes for the motruetios of soy mare vault"
beseath MOM, the footway, of which were open the ave.
tar 4 hot ad min 4 feet is width."
The repent wen island to be printok end ofrouleted
amongst the member, of she overt, end its cosoideration
pomposed MI the sert day of Cuing.
TM wen adjeuzied,

DISTRICT BOARD 0F WOISICS.

Yeeterday,ia consequence of a requisition signed
by five of the member. of the Board of Works for
Wettatinster dletrist, a meetleg was held at the board-
room of the workhouse, corset of Yotlositrait, "to anima
and osaillor a stateliest from Mr. Alezemdu Wright, mem-
ber of the Metropolitan Baud of Workr„ refutes to a mar
mulattos from the government respecting the appro.-
Wades of the sits of Smithfield market, end to detonable.
tioreen."

Mr. Janis Brno having takes the chair,. and mud dirt
notice calling the meeting,
Mr. A. Walnut said be had responded that specie/ inset--
big to be called an order that be might received's', instruct-
tioas and assistance in a matter which he would slitortly
explain to them. Upon the 11th of that present month he
bad received • letter from the chairman of the Board or
Works, stating that his (Mr. Wright's) opinion was
requested uto de but mode of appropriating the sits of
Smithfield, the Home Seareury having intimated the appro-
priation of the site far the purposes of a dead meat •
whet. Upon • perusal interview with the Chair
man of the Board of Werke, that gentleman bed shown-
to him about thirty BUM of parties to whom he bed sent,.
all of whom had signified then willingness to agree to the
site being so appropriated. Now he (Mr. Wright) con-
tended that it was not fair for the chairman is that way to
put sash • 'potion. (Hear.) Some parties, if the wetter
had been mooted is • general meeting of the board, might-
have thought it better to have that large and valuable area
used for the purpose of a general railway tarsaisue, and
°then might thick it might be disposed of for other far-
, pares more ativaatageose to the public. (Hear, bees.), That
was his first objection to the course pursued by the their-
man. The wooed objection he bad was, that by this system
of obtaining private opinions (rota individeel members of
the board, the repreren•stives of the districts bad no op-
portunity of consulting the wishes of their constituents,
' which he (Mr. Wright) considered they ouibt certainly to
have. (Hear, hear.) Had the subject been brought before
the central board as • body, he riertalely should have ex-
pressed his opinion, but be would not do loin hi. isdividual ,
capacity. (Load cheers.) He had mentioned the fun,
and sow he swelled the instruction end information of the

associated members et that board. (Hear' hear.)
The C11•1111All strongly condemned the cowl. pursued
by Mr Titivates, and said he was lorry to find that lot less .
than 30 of the members of the upper board had fallen into
• trap in a matter of so south public importance.
Mr. ilnintocit squirmed • similar view, and moved the
following resolution, which was seconded by Mr. Cole, sup-
ported by Messrs. Baskin and Pocock, sad carried without
• dissentient vole., vis.:—" That, bevies beard the 'Ute-
nsil of Mr. Wright, relating to a oommunication from, and
• conversation be bad with, the shames of the Metropo-
gum Board of Works upon the subject of the appropriation
of the sits of fissithileld.market, this meeting is of opinion
that it is contrary to the spirit of the Metropolitan Aet to
obtain the individual opinion of each member of the
metropolitaa board through the medium of the chairman,
bat think all such questions should be submitted to the
deliberatioa of the board; end that this meeting declines
at present, is the abeesea of any information, to express Cl
op sloe open the 'abject ol the appropriation of the site of
theitbliddioarkea"
It was then reealved that a fell 'street from the minutes
of that day be seat Wrath Mr. Wright to the chairman of
the antral board.
Thanks were then voted te Mr. Wright for the discretion
be had displayed la the matter; alter which the board
broke sp.