The Express.
London, England, 1867-10-03 00:00:00

BIRMINGHAM AND THI BOUNDARY
COMMISSION.

The commissioners appointed to inquire into the
boundaries of this borough met yesterday at the Public
Offtoe. They were accompanied by the mayor, and there
was a large attendance of the active penmen' of both
political parties, that arising mainly oat of the circum-
stance of its being desirable, so far as the liberals are con-
cerned, that the boundaries shalt remain as they are,
because in Aston Manor, which may be said to be part of
Birmingham, but without the parliamentary bermgh, the
grwt maiority of than who are qualined le vete hi that
locality help the liberal interest in North Warwickshire ;
whilst for the same reason the conservatives would gladly
see that bit of territory thrown into the borough. The mayor
took his seat by the side of the commissioners, and Mr.
Wharton addressed a few sentences' to the assembly, in the
warm of which information was frailly invited.
The Town-clerk, having been called npoe by the mayor,
laid before the commiasioners statistical information
relative to the mileage, acreage, rateable value, end pope-
Wien of the parliamentary borough as it now stands. He
mentioned also that at a meeting of the town council,
held on the previous day, the following resolution was
unanimously passed:—` That the general purposes com-
mitteebe instructed to oppose thee:Masi= of the borough
boundary," The Town-clerk added that the parliamentary
borough was already of enormous size, the population
being 340,000. and that to increase it would render it
unmanageable at elections. That was not only
his own opinion, but it was shared in by an
immense majority in the town and by those
who resided outside the boundary. A plan was
suggested to extend the boundary so se to take in Aston
Manor (within which is Aston Hall) and containing 5,300
houses, and between twenty and thousand Inhabi-
tants ; also the hamlet of Batley, and Washwood Heath
contiguous ; together with a part lof Handswerth, in
fitaffordahire, and Beleall Heath in Worcesteveldre„ both
of which run up to the pretest borough, the howl
longing either to manufacturers who reside away from
town, or to workmen who have gone out of the borough to
avoid the heavy rating within it. Public meetings have
keel held in all these suburbs, and reeolutioas passed
in strong oypoaition to the
.extension of the present
boundary. w refertaef ti ?thud) ono of the counnisaioners
remarked that no doubt the wished) of the communities
would be wandered, but the parliamentary commissioners
also had in view the ha • to identity of interest
as between towns and suburbs. Hwy of those present
addressed the oornmiseaCeers, who invited and received
information not always concisely rendered with much
courtesy. Finally, Mr. Aldermen Hawks, placed the
whole facts broadly and succinctly before the court. He
said that the effect of an extension of the present parlia-
mentary boundary would be to greatly increase the diffi-
culty of conducting elections peacefully, because there
would be brought together aa unmanageable mass of peo-
ple. Before adiourning the commlisioners said that they
would receive say statistical information within a week.

Tag Nzw 800/mamma or LIVERPOOL.—The
question of the future boundaries of the borough of liver-
pool will come on for discussion before Colonel Gordon, of
the Royal Engineers, and Mr. Patrick Cumin, barrister, at
St. George's-hall on the 11th inst. So far the town council
alone have stirred in the matter, and yesterday at the
annual meeting of that body the arliamentary committee
recommended that Bootle and the whole of Toxteth-park
should be included north and south, with a considerable
veep in easterly direction. They also recommended that
three of the parks—Nowshans, Sefsoa, and Stanley—
should also be within the limits of the salarged borough.
These recommendations were discussed at some length, and
were not considered satisfactory, the boundaries proposed
being considered as too restricted. It was ultimately re-
solved that the parliamentary committee should prepare •
fresh report on the subject, to be considered at • special
meeting of the council next Wednesday.
Tai CENTRAL PLUM, NEW YORK. —The favour-
ite resort on Saturday is the Central Park, a mag-
nificent place of outdoor recreation of which every
citizen of New York is justly proud, and which is regarded
as one of the chief glories of the United States. Only to
these European visitors who have recently visited New
York is this grand centre of attraction in the slightest
degree known. Its consignation did not commence till
1858, and hard work had to be done, for in its original
condition it was nothing but a repulsive-looking marsh,
interspersed with huge messes of trap rock. It will now
remind the European sue of the Bois (lc Boulogne than of
anything else, but derives • peculiar and extremely pictu-
resque character from those rocky masses that presented so
serious an obstacle to the workmen. These, starting
upon the gaze at every point, and, when the sun
shines full upon them, sparkling as if thickly studded
with diamonds, give an air of wild grandeur to the whole
scene, in the midst of the most elaborate cultivation. The
park, which answers the purpose of • grand promenade
and • zoological garden, sod which, moreover, contains •
lake, used for boating in summer and elating in winter,
is open daily; but the time for • general gathering is
Saturday. Then an instrumental concert is given by a
band, which performs classical and other pieces beneath a
superb pavilion, and boards are posted up officially allow-
ing persons to walk on the geese—a luxury prohibited
during the rest of the week. The conduct of the fre-
quenters of the parks is in the highest degree orderly and
decorous, and the appearance of every one of them is
thoroughly respectable, the eye never being greeted by
the sight of any unseemly object corresponding to the
loafers who lounge and sleep about the great westeen
park of London. As I have observed elaewhere, the
American equality is on au opulent middle-clam beds.
Poor Albert Smith used to declare in his " Mont
Blanc" that nothing could be more uninteresting than
the information commonly lavished by tourists respecting
the number of inhabitants of this or that particular town,
and I fear his remark will extend to statistics in general:
Nevertheless, when • notion of magnitude is to be con-
veyed figures must be employed, and I therefore take the
liberty of stating that the Central Park is 2i miles long,
and half • mile wide ; that it covers an area of 843
acres, and that it comprises 15 miles of carriage
road, 8 miles of bridle road, and 52 miles of
footpath. Within its preeints there is • pond, be-
sides the lake, and there are two reservoirs the mailer
of which holds 150,000,000 gallons of water, while the
capacity of the larger one is about double that quantity.
When we reflect on the fact that the construction of the
park was carried on during the whole of the war, which
it very shortly preceded, we are compelled to regard it as
an astounding nioniunent of the indomitable energy of the
great American people.—Correspondent of the riTla.
ACCIDENT TO EDWIN BOOTH THE TRAGEDIAN.—
On Thursday evening of last week, the 12th inat , the
tragic drama of TAe Apostate was acted at the Holliday-
street Theatre, Baltimore, Mr. Booth personating Pescara.
Toward the close of the play, as most theatre-goers will
remember, Heaney& rushes upon Pescara, armed with a
, and despatches him—to the great relief of every-
body.
On this occasion the representative of Hemaya,
being over-zealous and very awkward, inflicted two severe
cute on Mr. Booth's right hand. The wounds were serious
and painful; nevertheless, Mr. Booth played the next
night, as Benedict, wearing his arm in a sling. On the
night following, Saturday, he again played, assuming the
arduous and exciting character of Richard 111., and
fighting the final combat with his left hand. His greet
exertions, however, so irritated and inflamed hie wound
that his physician wisely insisted that he should stop
playing, to take immediate rest. Under these circum-
stances—and after making every possible effort to do jus-
tice both to manager and public—Mr. Booth's engagement
at the Holliday Theatre was brought to a close.—lica York
Trtfoone, Sept. 20.
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from July 1 to Sept. 22 amounted to 10,770/., es against
10,011/. for the corresponding period of 1866, and the ex-
pense,. to 4,5101. as against 4,18551.
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