The Express.
London, England, 1851-11-28 00:00:00

NHL PEARSON'S PROPOSED CITY
IMPROVEMENTS.

ST. ALBANS COUNTY COURT, AND THE
LATE ELECTION.

ST. ALBANS, THCRSDAT.
More than usual interest was manifested in the
proceedings before the judge of our County Court, Mr. Koe,
to-day, in consequence of its being understood that some
cases would come on for heating, arising out of the recent
election, and- involving some novelty. The court was ac-
cordingly
very much crowded.
The case of Bradshaw v. Edwards" was an action
brought by the widow of Mr. Joe Bradstuiw, a tailor, for
furnishing the defendant and family with broadcloth, coats,
and trousers. Mr. Gresham appeared fur the plaintiff, and
Mr. Day for the defendant. The defendant Edwards ad-
mined that the plaintiff was entitled to a verdict for the
full amount of the debt, 311. 10s., but pleaded a set off of
391. 10s., consisting of a claim against the deceased bank-
rupt's
estate, for getting him through the Court of Bank-
ruptcy in 184.5, when Edwards, who, amongst other things,
pursued the calling of a local accountant, was resorted to
for the purpose purgatorial.
The jury, consisting of six, having been sworn,
Edwards was put into the witness-lsix and examined.
Depused to having prepared the deceased Jou Bradshaw's
balance-sheet, for which he was by agreement to receive
10/., together with all other incidental expenses out of
pocket connected with the proceedings before the Court of
Bankruptcy, in Basinghall-street.
Cress-examined by Mr. Gresham—Have you any occu-
pation at present ?—Witness : lam a firmer. Have you
been any other occupation besides that of a fanner ?—Yes,
I have been an accountant and manager of the St. Albans
Bank for fire-and-twenty years. Is there anything else
you wish to tell us ? (laughter.)—No. There appears in the
bankrupt's balance-sheet to be 121. paid for • pony, which
the court adjudged to have been improperly removed from
the bankrupt's estate. Now, how did you get that money
to pay into court, and where did it come front ?—lt came
out Mmy own pocket. From what peculiar resources
It is impossible fur me to say. Had you, then, considerable
funds at your command ?—I had the farm which I now
hold, well stocked. Then 121. was no object to you ?—No.
Nor 501. ?—No. Nor 100/. 2—No. Nor 2001. ?—No. Nor
3011.2—N0. (Loud laughter.)
Mr. Stagg, town clerk, was next examined—Did you
ever receive 121. from Mrs. Bradshaw, to give to Edwards
to pay for the pony ?—No. Was employed to obtain the
bankrupt's final certificate, and the charge was three gui-
neas for doing so and go.ng to London, but had nut yet
been paid. l'rior to this Edwards had himself been a bank-
rupt, and witness was concerned for him in the bankruptcy.
Ile had nut been paid. Has any creditor under Edwards's
estate been paid ?—I cannot say.
Edwards here rose and, addressing the judge, slid, I beg,
to say that 1 have paid four-fifths of my creditors in full.
Mr. Gresham: Have you paid Mr. Cuppock ? (Laughter.)
—Yes, I have.
. _

Yesterday evening, a great number of gentlemen,
tied engineers, railway managers, contractors, &c., assem-
bled at the residence of Mr. C. Pearson, to hear from
that gentleman some details of his comprehensive plans for
a central railway terminus for the City of London, and for
various new streets in connexion therewith, the object
being permanently to relieve the congestion now so gene
rally complained of in the great arteries of traffic. There
were upwards of 100 gentlemen present, and amongst them
we noticed :—Sir John Rennie, Sir Charles Fox, Mr. Pen-
par, Mr. Palmer, Mr. Swinburne, Mr. Donaldson, Mr.
Haywood, Mr. Glyn (Lombard-street), Mr. Joseph Glyn,
Mr. Rennie, Mr. Rending, Major Dawson. R.E., Mr. Cant-
well, Mr. May, Mr. Baxendale, Mr. Wyatt, Mr. Gregory,
Mr. newsman, Mr. Cooper, Mr. li. Grosse% Mr. Cleeg,
Mr. Spoiler, Mr. Braidwood, Mr. Robinson, Mr. Davison,
Mr. Belcher, Mr. Foster, Mr. C. Manby, Institution of
Civil Engineers, Mr. F. Foster, Mr. Grantham, Mr. Dock-
Major-General liPLeod, Mr. Phipps, Mr. Bevan, Mr.
Itislrnan, Mr. Braithwaite, Mr. Orissell, Mr. Phipps, Mr.
Widiaw, Mr. Howell, Mr. Renton, Mr. Beardmore, Mr.
Turner.
Mr. Pearson had prepared a model of the proposed
improvements, but, previous to opening it, he wished to
make a few prefatory observations. Ile said that he occu-
pied his time for the last fifteen years mainly with three
great objects—improvement of prisons, cheap gas, and a
central City terminus fur the railways. in the two first he
had succeeded, and was happy in having saved the City of
London 87,0001. a year in the price of their gas. Now his
great object was the central terminus, and " now or never"
he believed was the time for carrying it out. The corpora.
tion had got an act fur the construction of a new street
from larringdon-street to Clerkenwell Seasions-house,
thinugh the valley of the Fleet, but he was confident they
would modify their plan into whatever might meet with the
public sanction. Loudon was the metropolis of the world,
and hail a right, therefore, to look further than the
interests or views merely of her own immediate citizens.
During the last few years, the obstructions had so much
increased in several of the thoroughfares that men of
badness found the greatest difficuity in getting to the va-
rious public ed.ablishinents, and the shopkeepers in the City
bad been seriously injured by the difficulty of access which
almost banished people of condition from their warehouse,.
lie Attributed this greatly increased crowding of the streets
to the distance of the various railway stations from the
retorts of business; in short, he believed that if all the ter-
mini were so distant it would be impossible every night to
empty London of its migratory population. The next
cause was the situation of the railway city depots
fors goody. Oreiham-street was completely blocked up,
se ass Lawrenee-lane, so was Basing-lane, and so
w.e. the Old Bailey, and the passage of carts and
Taw backwards and forwards rendered these streets
completely useless as lateral channels of communica-
tion. The nest cause was the now migratory character of
the citizens of Loudon; it seemed as if they were acted
upon alternately by a centrifugal and centripetal force fly-
ina out of town at night, and into it again in the mora-
ine. From the census calculations it would appear that
the city population had decreased one half in the
lost hall century, but if the census had been taken in the
day time instead of at night it would have been found to
have increased to sixfold in that time. lie had himself
made calculations from which it appeared that the value of
property had increased 129 per cent. (Rear, hear.) This
arms. from the City being the habitat of so many of the
sr at establishments of the country. The late Sir M.
Wood had so far back as the year 1817 endeavoured to pro-
vide for the then growing traffic by some new streets which
romp d part of his (Mr. Pearson's) present plan, but in vain.
Now, however, the time was come when some arrangement
of the kind was indispensable. Ile did not mean to say
that the plan he submitted to them was the best that could
be proposed, bat he contended that it had two advantages,
a -iterate way for ordinary traffic, and a sub-service for the
railways. One of the great difficulties in urban railways
bad hitherto been the expense of site, as all the building
mead ia the vicinity was rendered useless, but his plan
would *no thee site as bandies gpund, and create
aii newmene aMto Mrs& casts. He had only to say
that he had ozposned yams' labour and 2,0001. on has
fir, bat les donandoi M sassy he it. All he said upon
Est MS% 11614 if, WINS bis pima bed been two or three
yews In din oporstioa, the shambaiden should think fit to
vote him a gnat of newsy, he meald M vsn7 much obliged
sad accept It. (Chews sad huighter.) Mr. Pearson then
azieosered his model, sad proceeded to explain in detail
the dills:eat allseatione M coutempastel. His explanations
were skaiMr to Sham Thigh have already been published at
hue* la die pormodleas of the Court of Common Council,
and amoosted inhetestially to .this—that he proposed to
eimagrost • peat arterial street, to be called Victoria-street,
(saeetrairess to Farringdon-street, the roadway to he
silldmieh, the tunnel serving as a railway.
This meow it to be 100 feet wide with tour double
lines af pße, *ad down the sides are to be great
andiste Ow seat and vegetables, receiving-houses for
goads. sad panteseer stations. Two great passenger stations
at the two steam of Farringdon-street, and various new
cress IMMO sio, be relieve the contemplated increase in the
1111/11,47 of prom draws to that locality. Viaducts are to
he throws em MoUsora-valley, sad the Valley of the
Fleet, and on pea down is to run beta Bt. Martin's-le-
Greed te Piwriktec Chancorrleas. Me. Pearson en-
tend lob mfaase salaehtions, to dam that the aecoatmo-
datim its but pmeongon would Ma Ma tiara as much as 1
tbey at peened poassined Fie*dilmilie. mai that mei- I
dues end isle would bee assonowiatod. Of the
probable met Mislo be woad not speak, as Mr.
Walker sod Mr. Nokia( eakaula-
bons by dinettes the ;but this mush he
would lay, that lot bollowel It would to ddindonsly small
in propelled Was bomb to Mdoditd. It was deo opt
Mao of larwtoios potpie dot Ow lass rood would ulti-
mately sopowsdo our coottles ask or_tobisi the City of
Lessins, is prosolag tM Thammshdd Ida bay. But if
the Them a MINI to be Ma bey, they mast endeavour lei
get wiummoil at as Ws ma, IR dry would sus boo
the adsseetams of thole paddow. Mr. Pawns woo heft
cheered at the concludes of Ids obonwatints.

Mr:Omluun: I merely wanted to show that at the time
Mr. Edwards said he paid this 121. on behalf of the bank-
rupt be had not a pound to help himself with. Now, Mr.
Blagg, you represented Bradshaw on that occasion as his
attorney ?—Yes. Q. I believe Mr. Edwards himself has
occasionally practised as an attorney I—l do out know.
Judge—No man can practise without credentials.
Mr. Gresham—Yes, a man may practise and may be in-
dicted for it, and Edwards has dune it.

Witnesses were called to prove that Edwards undertook
for 101., exclusive of any further sum, to get the bankrupt
through, and Mr. J. Knowles, accountant, of Basinghall-
street, said he had looked through the balance sheet as
made out for the court by Edwards, and was astonished to
find that the bankrupt eves passed. The account as made
out made the bankrupt spend more money than he ever re-
ceived. (Laughter.) It was merely a copying out of the
debtor and creditor items from the bankrupt's books, and
displayed no ability whatever. Had seen thousands of ba-
lance sheets. 101. was far more than enough for it, and a
clerk of any ordinary capacity would have been dismissed
for doing it. Whenever there was a special agreement en
accountant had no more extra expenses, although if he
came from a distance ho thought ho should stipulate
for them. A Mr. Ivory, brother to the plain-
tiff, having deposed that he gave her the 12'. in
question, and that Mr. Blagg told him his sister
had paid the money to him, Mr. Day referring to the pro-
ceedings produced, as filed with the Court of Bankruptcy,
showed the entry of an item to the effect, "121. fur pony
paid by Edwards." Mrs. Bradshaw, examined, alleged
that Edwards undertook to get her husband " through" for
10/., and that he had never asked her or applied for pay-
ment of the 121. for the pony.
Mr. Gresham then addressed the 4ury, and said the debt
had accrued from the clothing of Edwards and his family
by Mrs. Bradshaw's deceased husband, and Edwards when
applied to for it, with that implied sort of power which
those who knew him best could most appreciate, said " If
you trouble me, I'll trouble you, if you ask me for payment
of the clothes, I'll make out a bill that shall swamp you."
He (Mr. Gresham) now put in a letter to show that at the
time Edwards alleged he had paid the 121. he wrote a letter
to the bankrupt, asking him to give Hayward (one of *the
witnesses who absconded to Boulogne) 11., as it would be
useful to meet his (Edwards's) harvest expenses. Were the
jury, he would ask, to take Edwards's evidence which, on
another and more serimis occasion, had been rejected, unless
confirmed by somebody else ?
Edwards, rising, exclaimed energetically—lt has,
sir. (Noise, and cries of " Order.")
Judge—l cannot adopt Mr. Oresham's assertion in this
matter; and shall, as 1 hope the jury will, dismiss it from
my mind.
Mr. Day, on behalf of his client, deprecated the feeling
that had been imported into the consideration of this

subject.
At aboet 7 o'clock the jury retired, and on their return
found a verdict for the plaintiff; and also that the defend-
t,an by way of set off, was entitled to the 10/. for preparing
the balance-sheet and expenses, and the 121. for the pony.

THE SISTERHOOD or Min= AT BIOUIONDEBT.— I
iterday Miss Watkins nod Min Sutton, bath engeets. '
by commend, and neither of the awash above 10 pan of
se, publicly assuesed the white veil, ma wen waived
Into the Sisterhood el the Order of Many at the Roma '
rittn,lie rho* Peeksee-row, Benseadoey. Shady oda I
1'). Wein& the whole aleterhoed of the asddaut aaaat,
the nunneries* la the habit of their wake, sad ea&
1• ••rmit a wadi% wheel theolt parch, '
4,110"vd by UNA, the soosehaew sad Ira ardesente, '
sad the two yeauleate. They wee deared weehely shim
in a bite, of rick arliehlk mad with each a wreath of white
mean sad overpass be Wed. Arriving before
the sitar sash wide We sad thus the white
marries' =nape* dreneelvee tfto .11s
.aftdisti, sad dr dab eleades " dlafisas
num.. This dna the Rer.Dr. Cluestiodwa the prayer.
of the Virgin in behalf of dr pedednie. Se Wes pea
crated rah of than with a lighted and% «e • eligrini
emblem of inward *let." The M. yeadines edema&
eddnired a few weeds et oweloorweat mad weeektisa to
them. The eepedsuies sad her atehteat them anketed the
postulants bade the eiubraf. kwalhis bean when
they wen basereasted by ha abater May bad beta W-
aned by their own free will to stet the weer, ead whether
it was " that Int intention te penmen i• Pasha le the
aid et thole Has ?" Haring weerwal this. 411111110•11
alleideelly they retired with the sepeekeus to pat ad
" their teadee dna." They reamed der • short haw
=l"WAllettelibil..zignata bridal solo bit of the eet whli r. abbe dry=
appeared. The superferen dew poseesied to Odra
annally with the Anton; afar whisk the wiehast.
kidiag • white veil ever the head 4 sash, rivaled bee
ameeperre of it a. " the emblem et peftity."Fhey were
lebeeresatly habited with " the oink of die church. The
emsaway coseladed by this ruler, OM after the other,
omeleader the wyeeyear sad each member of the enter-
heed. They that led*. drab la the coin in which they
entered, the eithstheed et one door sad the clergy at
smother.
PLUNDER OF WOILMIIed FUNDL—Last night a
netting of anima. eesseebed with the building trade,
met to receive en ..sent of the pentane of the men lately
working fee M. 111,pees, hut sew on strike. Mr. Noble,
neretas7 to tlr stab, emeftliese, road • report, hen which
It appeared that the era bed beta paid at the sad of the
Eat week of the date the ear of 1114. On Ed., at the rate
of id. a der; .used week. WM 113 e. dd., at the rase of le.
Zday: MO4 000101101. Is. W.. at the ma of la. dl. per
; sad OW week. TOLD at dr nee add. parlilly. The
seam to Mb Mrs wee had Ina oldie M • sebery of
dedr ANA. awwileed team the delleering eirewriewee :
Oa the ask d danany het dr Inewarer held a Wawa
1764 lb. dd.; bet es the 011awhi merreial. the hea•
skew balm net w pay As ask wee surisisen it the
abases et date Weenarar, her whew. bearmee, they ewe
weeired a serart, regvas Mat two eawaitiorma
be seat le hie Myhre% la headeraest.
road. The roma am emplied erldh
esti apes 'reeving at the plow abereeward, Ist Mb.
igitliselia were infeened by the brewer Mat dr
Calipa of ths the wary emitted to he
ber asks. We awe of thseazz add
herd, sod weataally, by mien of • amiss of
the nen, mavens& to amidst the the treasurer,
mad • era ales ea eadta who slept with law were given
into the Wads of the et The tiosserer shield that be
bad met slept at ham se the night et the sassy 1 OW be
had left the nary soh la lie be; whelk he had hiked
he
ea hie ream ea Itiaday maniac hut I=ll
he head thst alma Ida beleogiey to the
bees leralS4 irides SOL sad MIS add dose lisaitget:
haeolf. The Aerie wee bowl at the lowelreet
elks, sad ilhakeed ilardy he twat of peoe4 sad perdy
beaus, la the *ail of tM sham eagitste. the raw
had Wes adawl hr t• Ikea Farfalor sad se ha fie oe•
Needy at law. demo aIIEMAI was expeeral at the
Nader of th•• isomillso, i sorsigieg SO Mlle marl la
the beaded • limb toadied; bee • VINO of wollikere
he the oweselfera woe wirdwaudy eerie& aid die pia
eeodiap alied is the abeam et • sweladea_ yledatag the
watiag us hereeerleerahas W ley* delliliagy lOW
dated by the relday.

BRAZILIAN MINING CoNPANY.—The half-yearly
meeting of this company, adjourned from the 20th inst.,
took Aims yesterday at the London Tavern, Joshua
Walker, Esq., In the chair. The advertisement calling the
meeting having been read, and the minutes of the previous
meeting confirmed, the Chairman said he was sorry there
was not a fuller attendance of pproprietors, inasmuch as the
present was perhaps the most important meeting the com-
pany bad ever held. He bad filled the office of chairman for
more than 25 years, and he had never before wind to
a half-yearly meeting with such anxious feelings. The
question they would bave to decide—though net that
day, for it was intended to propose. a further
meat, to afford time to the proprietors for
sideration on the question—was, whether the cow
pang should be carried an or not, because if it wan
continued, then it would be to ruse additional
capital.—The Secretary (Mr. Thome then teed the re-
port, which stated that there had been a falling .f in the
quantity of gold yielded is the lest as compared with the
previous balloon the
4=mime.bekg 941 b. 10oe., against
1671 b. flee., without my peespests lier the future in
either et the mime et Gouge, er the Basessi.j
smite
mat resat worked. Oeplels Brekesshaw had
that new week,. hol be eposea. sew called the
working% te wonder whisk peellehle would require MM.,
as awe whith the eses emsittee did set emi-
tter theskelesejestasil is is,gpfeletimi mark maths
i
ekng he the peepee
as lirt ark value.
Cial we
tillh.ifiem Mirk si geld hell mellsed
UM MAU.. sod the led sesesseed te
TAU. 14s. Id.. shewbig • es the batik' of
4,2771. 11.. 7d.. sod a fing off is the value se eseepared
with the reams half-year of 2,8181., the dkaiseeka in
the expesdleare Wig only lle. id. The esoodttee
had bees impala, is osier b meet • Mk dot le the
M the
hankie est the mans of westing, te eppeeprkk LOW.
reserved fe whisk was sew mothost WOOL
Tlie whale of the esiblioriltiessitaig aid Isespeans,
121 settee labearree. nil NI sepses, wen geserelly
healthy. TM this reetmosied the eajewnsie for
the perms by the aheis rd saki that to
gees with the week • sal of lb. re awe wad be
seemeary. The asks= Need this seta the undo, of
the lest edam the Ikea= had isilemaied w esommend
the idolise-Lee womb bet esker seem* einem-
demo they it weal be baker is eljesea the
mestiog le she kr mime eneliseetiss.abonM
the showie (at the aijoserd osellem whisk k wee
peeper' le held en the 18th Des.,) Made that the
woo= shwa be wound up.~ the directors would be mast
In earn that
_destine Into effect. But if it
iwfi be darmind M the es, sad rake new
aria% then it week be the iii of the pewit digesters,
,eso reesese, eel k one, es& Ober esespoiess in
Mork to retire, k se that new blest :au intro-
dosed into the womplosnt, sad kat, with
their views sad spikes, on the siajoA it be better
that odor peaks should direct the If the tympany.
Is eessieiss, hr tamed the tutorage ef the repot and
amousle. • oskesation ensued, in the wares of which
fall teslikeee wee expressed in the direelers, and • stao-
oak wee mat by them that before the day of the ad-
joined =soft briber information would probably be
eseived !sake workings. The motion was adopted, and
the meeting adjourned, se suggested, to the 18th of
Doesoee.

LIANA:FT OF RAILWAY COMPAlMM.—Yeeter-
day, at the Oldham Coast, Court, Mr. J. Daseaft, M.P.,
ated Lenemhin and Yorkshire Railway Company for
the Pm eif 11s, the usenet of Warred by him in
reeding his iketkeelea wwesierwe of the dy for
=et ea beet of the & while he wee travelling.
At the empery eseemiel dm the ileley wee eit-
sooidehie. be: 11 fi
ler
the aweipment of the
1110071=1:11 agilleb ler the entire yeevestioa of
whisk was bad net pat dimevered a nerdy;n bat
thejadgeoweertkeima, deemed ter Are full mama claimed
with seam
RAILWAY ACCIDENTI.-161411463+ a parliamentary
ehrerias diet is the half-year ending the
;rims= wore 1751,700 railwa
being • greet lumen ea the eseeepoadi y?use=
Zeyear. There wen 106 persons and 173
ed.isig Of peeeengare, 11 wen killed awl 1 *Jared
trim emits heyeeditheir men Newel; yetempee were
II Ilene mew le their ewambeeetiere sr want
a waft ; >a SIMON si amweales ea et watreetees were
kid sad 10 *area ilmea mews heyendtheir eine eantrel I
11 smear of ceetwieser 06 enteemeet were killed and
10 Wend owing are their ears whieedeet er went et imp
don; treepeweee were hid awl g *reit yews eerier
weaklekomeilleszTheee wine seleiles. The hewers
is the of *mei is dte six midis was 77
Ow Weil of railways 11011 miles in
rbiletalted
Clam Massa me BroccorELL—Yesierday, Mr.
W. Carter balm latent et the Black Hone Ina, Brixton-
M. es die link eta Amin thud foam& mak dielinnd
Is • are Ileekwelhownson, when the Imp easai-
sped tes do Wilfel mark, spirt ream
run or rem imiurea."

THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 28, 1851.