The Express.
London, England, 1867-02-13 00:00:00

THE TRAFFIC OF THE 3IETIZOPOLIS.

The I;,r, LF.:.4l)ltti, in second reading
of the Trani< 011, t ,:ed t,. a
justification of its introduction th..t :ng the year I :I:.
140 oenions were killed by being run over in the street of
the Metropolis. and 23 in the City, be-ides which 7.17
wera in; ara.l in the nietropolis, and Zll in the City.
The measure would apply to sin area to he called" the
metropolis." which would extend to a radius of four miles
Prows t leirite.f.eros mill would deal a great numbs
of mat s t.: detail, a few of whi :ta he would mention t
Meer lordsbi:•s. Dust carts would he farbilblen to ply be-
ts- en tiro hanns of 7 a.m. and 1.1 p.m.: and the loading
and unto:el...lz of curls or casks would be confined to the
boon lats...it I an! 10 o'clock a.m. l'..rsons would be
forbidden to leave goods upon the pavement any lougsr
ai th, sesta Isec,-, try ; no one would he al/owe: to .Ir.‘e
(ells the •reets after ID o'clo•:k in the moriing
wit o•.t a Ipmnse from the chief connui,Pdoner of police ;
aiol no vehieie: carrying iron girder. I.,ng ladders, etc.,
would be p..raiitta•l to taws thi our!: the ',crests between
the hours 0: lo in the morning ,aal seven in the
evening. encnibuses would by reiv.ired to set down
pesren;terli nevrly ss poseilde to the pavement
ea the le7:l;smi Md.. of the streets, .m.l the eirryirg of
pl..calds s.r PshiLitiati of advertisements in the streats
would be entliely al °liaised. These Were the general
goiatione wine!. would apply to tile W.. ole of the
palls, loot within ePrtain special limit. lt was proposed t,,
give to the commissioners of police special powers ns to di-
recting the route to lee taken by traffic and for other pur-
poses. The second part of the till related to hackney car-
riages. In future a cabman once engaged would be entitled
to receive at least a shilling instead of as at print six-
pence; but for that amount he wool.' (as we understood
the noble earn be obliged if required to drive two miles.
rettu-n for this advantage drivers of cab. would be
bound to carry a properly trimmest lamp at night.
Clauses were Leing prereared and would be added
to the bill which would withoriie the plyin; of
a superior kind of cab or v,hicle, at fares
higher than those which might et present be denialide.i.
There was a provision in the bill for the removal of the
snow. it pnwilt it appeared there was a difficulty upon
the subjset : the local authorities themselves nut hating
provided any effectual insane for the reinoval of the snow,
it had been hitherto remove.' from the pavement in
front of the houses by the inhabitants. This hill, how-
ever, proposed. that the duty of removing it from the
pavement. as well as from the roadway. should he under.
taken I.e the local :mtliorities, and if th, y neglected to do
se, complaint might be made to the illi,istrates. and an
order obtained for its removal in a ePrtain number of
hours. If it was not removed in the time specified, the
work might be done at the instance ./ the inhabitants who
were inconvenienced by the snow, atol the cost of its re-
moval recovered front the local mithmities on a sPeord
Inagb.trate.,. order. There were al.o clauses in the bill
empowering the police to seize stray slo,pi. keep them for
three days. .rod if not then claimed they were to be sold
arde.troyed • awl fur the prevention Pt the assemblin; of
..sins in the streets for purposes of letting, the police
being empowered to .lispene such asszmhliif;es, and t..ke
the bettors into custody if necessary. With respect to the
alteration in the tab fares, the proposition was that no cab
should be off the stand at less than Is., but that
the hirer should be at liberty to insist on being driven two
miles for that sum. He saw no reason fur altering the
provision with remit.' to the four mile rc.dius.
Lord ELLENIR)HOUtfIi complained that the noise in
their lordships' house was so great that it was impossible
to hear with any distinctness the Ist:lV:meats of his noble
friend. but from what he could gather relative to the pro-
perils submitted. they embraced me.ny minute
i points of
detail. which it would be impossible to Instates in that
bousP. and they .fore he agreed with his noble friend Lord
Stanley that it wsrald be expedient to send this bill to a
select eOlnissisttr...

Lord DELDIORE would not offer any further objection
to that courv. wt.( would thert•foro to the bill
being now n.:..1 a second time, wit! tl.e view of its being so
referred.
TI we then read • second time.

lonithira adjourned at 20 toit.ltea to 7 o'clock.

HoUSE OF Co3lMONB.—Trr.,n,ty, Fes. 12.
":PE tKER t.r,lc the chair at 4 o'c!ock.
NEW MEMBER.
Sic .r. B. K 1.!447 %Kt (Solicitor.Gtncr..:) wok the oatl:s
hi..oot for .111. hoer.

THE CHIEF .H.:ITICE OF THE COMMON PLEAS.

M. HARDY presented a petiC.vm 'um Sir F. Kelly.
Chief .Justice of the Otainnion Pleas, mai his motion it
was read by the clerk at the table.
The petition WAs understood to state that almost et
the termination of last session certain tzers were printed
awl circulate.; on the authority of the Mouse and at the in.
stance of a Mr. Wason, which lett,: 4 ,:ere tilled with
false and calumnious charges again,t the petitioner.
Amongst other chimps it was noted th years ago the
petitioner ,I.clar,l upon his honour as it gentleman that
no knowledge of a person named Pilgrim pin we
understood). whereas it subsequently transpired that he
bad Is.cn intim:ably soptainted with individual. It
was also alleged that the late Sir Robert Peel in appoint-
ing I..titioner wile:tor-general was iu.p.,-cd upon by as
diEept,t.ailr a do 14.• .anal as bad a fraud a, was ever prac-
tised. awl ',tole the appointment at the dictation
of land Lowther. Petitioner averred solemnly that all
these alleritkas were fal.,e and rah:mid...l4F, that he never
denied knowl-.1g.: of Pilgrim. and th Lao. Lowther had
nothing wliat,ver to du with his app,.:rem-nt as solicitor-
general; which was the voltuitory act of sir l.ohert Peel, and
took place a sttek after the death of fir Wiilhim Follett.
He bad had ran onmuunication with Mr. IVtoion for :SO
years, and he prayed that before the publication of tl.e
letters ccaupl:dr ed of was ordered. there :night be a full
investigation of the false and C.411.11144/OUII charges they
coataihed.