The Express.
London, England, 1853-12-08 00:00:00

GERMANY.

The government of Baden has found it net:emery
to arrest 21,0 priests who, canary to warning, reed
the Archbishop of Freiburg's seditious letter from
their pulpits. The quarrel between the (catholic)
church and state has been going on for these three
years along the whole line of the Rhine, the priests
thitatieg that the aid which they rendsred the go
Ten, two in the revolutionary period, and on which
the civil raters mast in a great degree rely, gives them
the ngbt to demand more power than has hitherto
been thought consistent with the puhlic good.
The priests and wealthy laymen of neighbouring
atatts tul offers of money to Freiburg, and by ad- "
di s-es end other means endeavour to confirm the
(Lin •hmen in their coarse, which, it appear*, has be- ,
come sn popular in the villages along the Rhine that !
the high clergy of 'Nassau think seriously of pushing
their 'talent*, with the ducal government to an
eztreinity.
Prince eHohenlohe Ingefingen has of !ate been
frequeet'y raceired by the King of Prussia at Pots-
dam. It is believed that he is acting as intermediary
between the king and the higher nobility of
Friona, respecting their admission into the upper
chamber,

THE PRE.TOM STEEL-PRE9TON, DEC. 7.-
.Le iyet tt, ee %jolter: cossmittse has this aftersvon
.au•i so a., 1 rt.. see otiorsdisg the heti% to !taxi firm
end lac.t upor !be " 10 per cent."

THE SANIT.4RY CONDITION OF
LAMBETH.

SUCCESSFUL APPLICATION TO LORD PALMER-

SION.

Yesterday afternoon a deputation from the rate-
payers of Laoibet waited upon Lord Palmerton, at the
Home-office, for the purpose of soliciting his lordship to
introdace into the bill which he tau peening to bring be-
fore par4ament nest session the representative systems, so
se to enable the ratepayen to hare power at the board of
the Coassnissionen of Sewers, and • voice ia the distribu-
tion of the rates.

The deputation consisted of Mr. W. Williams, M.P.,
and Mr. W. A. Wilkinson, M.P. (the hon. members for the
borough of Lambeth), Mr. it. Taylor and Mr. Strat'on
(churchwardens of St. Mary, Lambeth), the Rev. Charlton
Lane (Rector of Kennington), Captain Woods (a magistrate
(or Surrey), and Mr. Rhodes, from Stockwell ; and Mr. It.
H. Manning.
The deputation was introduced by
Mr. W. A. WlLltseow, M.P., who said that a very re-
spectable and influential meeting had been hold in Lam-
beth for the purpose of appointing a deputation to wait
upon his lordship respecting the very defective state of
the drainage of St. Mary's parish, and other parts of
the borough. Mr. Jebb, who presided at a meeting of the
commissiouers a few days sines, stated that the difficulty
with the cosinsimionen was the great want of funds. The
people of Lambeth felt that they wanted a representative
system. As his lordship would remember, last session he
required a larger sum than usual, and met with groat
opposition. Now, if the people had bad representatives at
the board, in ►is opinion his lordship would not hare met
with that opposition.
Mr. Churchwarden TAYLOR then addressed his lordship,
and stated that he had waited both on Mr. Walpole and Sir
George Grey, and a short time sines on his lordship, with
reference to the drainage of Lambeth. On one occasion,
after a serious outbreak of the cholera, he waited upon Mr.
Walpole, who said his views were that what the ratepayers
contributed should be distributed amongst them for their
benefit. A memorial was presented, which Mr. Wal
pole forwarded to the commissioners, but nothing was done
fur Lambeth. After that he waited upon his lordship,
since which time the ratepayers had been paying a very
heavy rate, but still not 1001. had been upended over the
drainage of Lambeth. lie had inspected Gulden-square,
Brewer-street, and other thoroughfares in that locality,
and found the Commissioners of Sewers had been laying
out several thousands of pounds for that district. In 1849
the cholera broke out with such (cartel violence in Wel-
worth and other parts that whole families were swept off,
owing entirely to the shocking state of the drainage. The
commissioners were applied to, and they promised that a
different state of things should exist, and that something
should be done for them. Notwithstanding this they were
still compelled to pay heavy rates without having their
wants attended to, and a proper sod efficient drainage
found. Even if the system of arterial drainage proposed by
the commissioners were carried out, the inhabitusts of
Lienheth would not receive any benefit from it, and he
hoped his lordship would not sanction any large sums of
money being granted to the board until his lordship had
brought forward his promised bill during next session. He
begged to suggest that the commissioners be elected by the
parishionero in the like way that the guardians of the poor
were elected.

Lord l'atoraturron—l suppose you mean for every parish
to have its representative commissioners. I think it would

be diMesit tl combine these small fragments; one parish
might say it would be better to have one line of sewerage,
and another parish a different one, and then probably
teats two linen would not meet.

Mr. TAYLOR—The great desire is that the parishioners
should have a voice in the distribution of the rate, and then
the money raised by rates would be expended fur the benefit
of the ratepayers.
Lfird Pabisraorox—The rates levied, I thit.k, amount to
about 200,0001., out of which there are expenses to keep up
an establishment, to pay off old debts, to keep sewers in
repair, and the remainder, which cannot saloon, to a great
deal, is expended in the construction of new *ewers.
Captain WOODS observed that the commissioners received
a sum sr 46,0001. from Lambeth.
Mr. W. WILLIAMS, M.P., said that is his opinion settle-
' thing must be wrong is the coaritution of the commission.
The best course would bo to raise money to carry out the
works on Exchequer Bilks The sun of 3,000,0001. was
loaned to England and Scotland to drain the lands, and
upwards of 6,003,0011. for railways, at 3 per cent. interest.
Ile should say, raise the required amount at 3 per cent., to
be payable in 60 years of Exchequer Bills, the average in-
terest of which was about 21 per cent. If the representa-
tive system were introduced, his lordship might induce the
Chancellor of the Exchequer to advance the money.
Sorely if the government loaned money for any object it
wood not be out of the way for them to do so for the car-
rying out a thorough and efficient drainage throughout the
metropolis.
Mr. Tartu's thought the commission, as it now stood,
might Woe a precept for the amount, as was done for
the police rate. Then the expenses attending the collect-
ing of the rate would be done away with.
Lord Pabxnaarox—What does the cost amount to ?
Mr. TAYLon—At least 5 per cent. It costs Lambeth
501. three Ukase every year fur mert4 espying the rates
into a volume, which in size exceeds the "London
Directory."

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Mr. Wicusits hopcl his lordship would promise to in-
troduce the representative system.
Lord PALMERSTON said he would, and observed it would
be better to have a joint commission for both sides of the
Thames. He thought the commissioners would be bitter
Judges of the matter had they a supervision of the whole
metropolis.
Mr. TAYLOR urged the necessity of one commission for
the north and mother for the south side of the Thames, and
they would then have better drainage. He must observe
that all Lambeth had at present only one individual to
represent them at the board, and he, from pressure of
business and the fact of their sittings being held in the day
time, could attend but very seldom, notwithstanding the
fact that they had a population of 140,000, and that the
borough extended Isom Blackfriars•bridge southward as
far as Norwood.
After some further conversation,
Mr. WiLl.rmse asked his lordship to promise that until
a new commission was formed us new works should be
comiesseed, er any large same of money granted to the

Lord PALldiallolll said be could not exactly make the
required promise, but es the gated= which had been so
ably laid before him was coo of the greatest soonest and
importance to the public at large, he would give it his most
earnest attention, and consider what he meld reconcile to
hie own mind as the best COUTO' to panne for the mutual
benefit of all parties.
The deputation having thanked the noble lord for the
courteous in which they had been received, then
withdrew.