The Express.
London, England, 1858-01-12 00:00:00

11111jONDUCT OP ♦ DICIUSIM lIROXER.

The Deady Towx Ci.eax mad the patios of Mies Char-
lottizativy, which alleged that Edward Nance Bryant, •
d broker, had nitespproalated a sat of IMMI. a. Bd.,
with which she bad entrusted hie for the purpose of invest-
ment. The petition prayed that proosedinge might be takes
spinet the sureties
One of the 'orb's said he wee entirely without mama its
pay the ammo of Ids bead. The other 'eked for das
obtain • way of the bond aid to inquire into the damsels
contented in the peals&
The Loin M•yos add ft wee quite reasonable that ties
should be given.
The faller esaideration of the petition was adjourned.

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The CI. mut reed the latter thee Mr. Alfred Austin,
omitting a comannicalleia has Oeplain Gallon and Mr.
Jame Simplon, deoliniii imp* sew information asked
for by this booed,
Mr. Ca.arraa, lthing a review of what had been
done by this kneed Y pith hr eliding the mai
drains* tithe aMme nerleelithery bed sent them piss to
the Ftrat Oemmieththr tr bis approval or non-approval ;
but, Weed of meliders himself to that, he bed retard the
pleas to dim with instructions not le mine their
examithian Ane, but, if they were enabled to do
Hasmigmatite te be reehnlia le dee Metropolitan
pmiWein. comae the Chief Canamithoner had
he bed &mid from the act of parliament, for, by
the lift theism ef tee Metropolis Local Management Act,
he had onty power to put hie veto on plans sent to him,_ but
had no power whatever to propme any other plans. By so
doing, twelve months of valuable time ha been lost. If the
Chief Commissioner had sent the plan to engineers for
their opinion, rather than at once giving his veto upon it,
nothing could have been mere wise or more discreet,
and nothing could have been more reasonable; but he
did not atop there. He called upon them to propose new
plans, a course by which he stepped out of his own duty and
was in violation of the statute. To that fatal step might be
attributed the delay, and all the time that bad been waded
and lost. The plea which had been sent back to them by
the redone mmithere did not contain, however, one most
ethential hanate—viz., the appendix ; and although some
forther Inhemallen had been Ito the board frpinom three to
seasamilime edigthel ressained.
• he Mt based bed as *bile impish& of
the time wishS bus kat, NA whisk bad been hero-
pray oseithied by the Mesa eaglasere. lam in the Oi-
sierwr, the used argon el Hall, it was stated
thee the pia of the rather was generally condemned ;
but it blemthy added, that eras dot the fault of the Chief
Commie user, who wee net empendble for it. Now, no one
said thet he was responsible he the plan, but he wee respond-
Ns for the delay which had hew theseloned by the inatrnoliena
be bed given to the HAMM Nlesdket their plan was
fondto be so faulty thee it now retained any of its
Mend Mina, and the promoters not even sallow-
ledp their own child. He concluded by moving—" That
the board, regretting that the government engineers have
act Winded every particular to this board applied for roomet-
tes their recommendation, and that they have now found it
weetreary to their whams, tie board transmits to
Moen. Bidder_ , , and Baselgette the papers re-
ceived last Friday from the First Commissioner of bee
Majesty's Works, end that they be requested to report to this
board on the materials at present before them with all pmo-
ticable god"
Mr. NAVAGN Illooluded the motion.
Mr. Howe thought that now wee the proper time to move
an amendment, to the Ilea that no tether tape should he
taken he reaped to the mai and intercepting drainage until
an .ostlos should be made to parliament to carry into
asset weeks recommended in the report of Mr. Golds-
worthy Gamey.
The Czautatain did not think that he could receive this
amendmacit, as they were called upon to carry out the main
drainage, and thatdaty they could not postpone for any new
act of parliament to be passed.
Mr. Dixon mid he did not believe that the water of the
Thames was in the dread/al rite that had been represented,
bailer* as he did that the main channel of the river was the
proper come for the sewage. There would have been no
complaint about it had it not been tampered with by the late
Commissioners of Sewers, who had daily passed 200,000 tons
of the contents of cesspools into it.
Mr. VI/TAW/Mt supported the view taken by Mr. flows,
believing, as he did, that if Mr. Gurney's plan was carried
out, it would to found effluent for the purpose of draining
the metropolis, and would also save the ratepayers' money.
Mr. WRIGHT objected to the motien in its present form,
and moved as an amendment the omission of all the words
relating to the regret of the board at the delay which had
cieenned, bat thought that their referee engineers should
repeat
enpon the piths without farther delay.
LYON ieseaded the amendment, as the motion of Mr.
Carpeted was& Minns one to what be had placed upon the
paper.
Kr. earwax's. said the circumstances were altered, and
les Method Dimmed( to those in which they were then placed.
Mr.l6xterow supported the amendment.
MA Howe could not hold up his hand for going on with
any teasel scheme, as he now believed that every step they
hed tams was in error. _

Mr. BvisT.E;;;;Lt favour of the ameadment.
Mr. Mplity HARRISON oorophlned that, although We
toiler new been upwards of 12 months before her Rm.
jeety's Pbut Commolsekmer of Works, and although they
hadloe • assilimbls elm rad for information, they Were
g the puma rant without It. He should rapport the
masedment. _

Mr. H. L. Tier Los saw but little difference between the
motion and the amendment, but still he did regret the delay
whkilt bad been occsaicated through the officiousness of the
Chid Commisekmar of Works, who had overstepped the

bounds prescribed fur him by t.... act of parliaresitr. The
board really believed that the plan B was the boat, end only
ooneented to Be to suit the views of the Chief Commissioner.
Mr. Caustic thought the board bad been neglectful, and
had not dam Its duty twelve months in not requiring Sir
B. Hall to give an answer to their and denying his
authority to ask for new plans. By allowing the First Com-
mandant to sauskte powers not glees to mby the act of
parliament, they had plemd thamedves in a false position.
Yr. HAWLIIS would moms both moths and amendment,
as he believed they should pia by delay.
Lleutansat-Colonel KiNNZDY rehired that the delay had
occurred, se ft could be throws ca the Chief Cannthidoner of
Works, and would not rest at their doors. At the same time
he did 11101 think they should enter upon large operations of
wart until they knew whore the mosey was to mate from ;
for at present the sot of parliament gave them no means of
doing them by works, sweptdiving their hands deeply into
the reamers' pockets. He oasdemnsd the ostablishmmt
by the Chili Comentreioner of a second board of
der it was well known that engineers were all c:ttfoirm
would not week tegather, earl they could only have been
hiungla labthe bid to mho wee upon this board.
Mr. CAnntest. /wen regaled,
The Cantatas pot the .esdoa, end the amendment
was agreed to by a lerg• mejoeity.
The board then adjourned.