The Express.
London, England, 1859-12-16 00:00:00

0001 T or 0011 MON COUNCIL.

A Court of Common Council wee held yesterday,
at thignen;the L01D...ii...AT2/ imeidieg.

rite raorosea ?few- KIAT iiAaKET.
The eourt_peoeseded to easeider two repotta from the Ito•
plowman comeeter end the Markets Improvement Cola•
unto respeetively, epos releremee previoaely =Ale to them,
eeseider mistier any plea Gould be devised to *Mat & •
*beet oesasekstko bepref the Wended Meirepallten

Reineed, sad the costempleted markets et tionithiskisn.
The learevennat Committee reported that they hag 1011
beim orb. C. Lewis, Home Secretary, a plea of the pro.
pond market stn. end a few days afterwards received a gems
crenleelioci, la reply, to the effect that her idejeety's govern-
ment had of the pried* of the proposed asermee,
but some further details se to the future
don the ground not intended to be built upoluM
detelle are to coon* of preparation by the City architect.
It appeared farther that the two committees had co-ops.
rated by appointing special ocanmittem, consisting of lii
members of each, by whose desire the various corporate
teem concerned had drawn up re embodying the Fria-
ciW feels and inferences co with the echeme.
These 'spats, which bad been previously printed and cir-
culated amen the members, were taken as read ; and a
model of the proposed market with railway under, was pieced
me the table for inspection and reference, and presented a very
elegant façade, in a mixed Gothic style of architecture.
lir Deputy Bowel, in moving that the court should
agree in the report of the Improvement Committee, said It
would bind them to nothing more definite than to refer the
subject beck to the committees for faller consideration, and
for the production of improved and more definite plans. The
time wen however, folly come for bringing their markets
Into Motet oommunicition with railway., and the questka
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wee what proportion of the aspen would fall upon Oity
corpeestiou. That railway commtuncalion would to=
toryladel,wboweald not adatlikatiotaw.the it=ost daeahllti=ad
Company dint thdr 'plias we, deposited, and that
eielr lice would pee under the market, whilst
he 'had also received an official intimation from
the Metropolitan Railway Company, that their contracts
-WWI signed and would certainly be carried oat. To clear
the Wei and betird' market alone would coat 445,0001; to
clear the site, build • market, and provide a railway would
and 516,000 k; and to clear the site build the market, pro.
*Me railway . communication, and erect large warehouses,
would cost 637,6001. • and by doing ell this a saving of
140,0001. Mould ' be riffedeed, es compered with the cost elf
providing • market stone. It was pretty well understood •
that without the railway the cerporadon would poride ,sho
market, and the committee had ascertained that there 'was
c;iressen to suppose that tiontraceon would be fotandlepo
willies to relieve the corporation from all expanse lepd
risk eameetion both with tee railway communication and t.
the warehouses, and it was principally with the View et la. • - •
retaining how far this would be done, and how far the dif-
ferent railway companies would 00-operate, that he sated thm
wart to agree in the report, and refer it beck to the win-
mittee for further inquiry. (Hear, hear.)
The court having resolved that the two reports should be
taken into consideration together,
Mr. H. L. TAYLOR (chairman) called attention rooter
Hto oularly the report of the markets improvement
mittee. One of the most important 9, %Mika)) which CORM
be brought before the court was • for connecting the
new metropolitan cattle market by railway communication
with • dead meat market in the City, and, although the
design before the court might not be perfect in details, sad
might as the awe embodiment of en idea be susceptible al
great improvement, the court could do no more than affirm
tta principle, leaving details for further consideration. The
court had already agreed to contribute 200,0001. in shares fa
the Metropolitan Railway, under an idea, primps, that that
railway intended to provide railway communication between
the twc markets. He had, however, aseenaioal that the
Ifetropolima Railway Compeny contemplated melds% od
the kind, and if that company did net, was there any other
redlweycompany that would do so?
Mr. Deputy Dame—The Greet Northern. . .
Mr. 1. TAILOR said the committee, if theApuri
Nan,the report, erceld communicate with iNeMlidef " •
the Cheat Wearily and other rsilway.agekeseslem
so as to imoortein whether any other public oompany . Pep d 4
nadertake to cossinact the we:ghetto'', for outsfloc'l3l
borne in nand that the report distincely recommend!the • •
corporation neither to coneunot the railway nor the ,pael ,
horses,
while the committee as distinctly recommended the
in order to reimburse the corporation for their expenditure
apes their marker, there should not only he a mot far, ail . •
shop and holdings, but also • small toll on the meat sold.
In conclusion, be asked the court to agree in the report.
Mr. IBoastnou moved as an amendment that, while the
report should be referred back for further inquiry.. than
should be an Instruction to the committee to take no farther
steps in connexion with the erection of werehoneee as It pat •
of the wham, as the court considered that the result of Ulm ,
emotion of warehouses would be incompatible wire a beesta
delal result from the establishment of the market itself.
Mr. Ross seconded the amendment. The court, he said,
had already acceded to contribute 200,0001. towards the
Metropolitan Railway, and also that it was desirable to pro-
vide a new dead meat market, in the place of that which
already mined at Newsom. Thom two question, therefore.
were settled ; but the design before the court went go much
farther, and was at ill defined, that he must hesitate before
he gave his consent, mud more especially so, as he believed
that the principle of warehouses upon a market was decidedly
a bad one—(hoar, hear)—for he believed they would both im-
pede the ventilation and stop the traffic, and would so rule
the whole undertaking.
Mr. ILLIOTT said the model before the court resembled
eloisMe rather than • market, and was so utterly defective
with regard to again and ventilation, that if the plan were
carried out, the result would be to destroy the meat which
was brought there for sale. The fact was, that economy had
bees teethed too much, and the preservation of the meat, as
well as the comfort of the people, had been entirely n gloried
when the model was prepared. (Hear, bear.)
Mr. Alderman Snorer wished to know whether the court
was really in meant about building any dead meat market
at all. (Hear, hear.) He had read the reports without
'lading any demonstration of the necessity fur such a 'top;
and when he saw mention in the report of half a million of
money on the cols hand, and upwards of 600,0001. on the
other, be feared that they might be about to perpetrate, for
the third or fourth time within a comparatively brief period,
an enormous financial mistake in carrying out an enterprise
in which they might be undersold by private enterprise. He
wished to know further whether the onset were dispels& to
lay out so much money upon so problematical • result,
especially when the enormous sums which they might
be called upon to pay by way of compeneation
for deterioration of property by the abolition of
the existing market at Newest*, were taken into the cal-
culations, as well as the unfortunate result of the mukets
which they had already established. (Heir, hear.) He for
one did not believe that parliament would either allow the
imposition of a toll upon the meat brought into the market,
or sacrifice private rights and enterprise for the sake of the
proposed scheme. And unless parliament did so, the cor-
poratism. by varying out their scheme, would inevitably
• realise an enormous has. (Hear, bear.)
Mr. ABRAHAM said the court had not then to consider
detail., but were only asked to give the committees power to
inquire further into the subjom.
Mr. NOnala, M.P., said the supply of dead meat in the
metropolis had ito much increased a f late that • noire con.
umlaut site for its gale was impratively required. To pro-
vide the proper accommodation • great outlay would be
required. It could not be doubted that government and
parliament would empower the corporation to levy
tolls, which would reimburse them far their out-
lay. As to details tie committee b *treaty said
that they did not tie the bad *treaty
to the model, or to any par-
ticular plan at present, but the want of better acootutuoda-
Con was so apparent that, unite& the corporation dealt with it.
government would soon take the matter into their own
hands. (Hem, beer.) With regard to railway communiza-
tion the Great Northern Bellamy Company hod egreed to
connect their line with the New Comte Market and the
Metropolitan Railway; and • eonerlioa with the preposed
dead meat market would be • subject for toucher considera-
tion. (Hear, hear.)
Mr. 11•INIAS warned the court not to embark without due
consideration upon au enterprise the fall cost of which was
estimated at 601.,0001., exclusive of the heavy a,mpensalion
which they might have to psy for interfering with private
intimate, shwa only a small porno@ of Newgete Market was
the property of the coloration, while past experience had
taught them that the eadrosted cost of their enterprises gene-
rally doubled the original estimates.
After some tar her diseuaien the amendment was nega-
tived by an overwarlUtina majority, and the Moils were
referred back to the eowMittees, according to the terms of
the original motion.
The court then adjourned.

CRYSTAL PALACE. The Christmas entertain.
mats, commencing on the great holiday. Boxing-day, will
be varied end extensive. The leaves and great transept will
be fitted up with stalls for exhibitors, and daring the hell-
days, • fancy fair will bee nistantly held. The ample space
at the Crystal Palace refforde room for en ezermaivs display
of winks imitable to the approaching mason. At dusk it
will be brilliantly lighted op with varied pea devices, • dm
lightfol evening yr onertsds, secured from wet and cold. A
huge Christmss tree will be placed In the cents* of the build-
ing, which will he demented with holly and evergreens, and
a profusion of flags. The new hall f r lectures and concerti
is nearly finished, and will be opened by Mr. Pepper with a
new and complete eerimet dirsolving views and photo let
Illustrations. The Christmas recreations will be pro v by
Mr. Nelson Lee, who ham been cmemissioned to provide a
round of amusement from morning till night. The Caro-
b...l Minstrels., from Si. James's Hall, a ballet troupe, th•
grotesque singing of Macksey and Sam Collins, with athletics
magic performances, will be repreeented on • stage in ther
great transept. At dark, laughable shadows and phantas-
magoric views will be exhibited. In addition to the gas de.
Lykes, • lars• age et illwaiomed lanterns will be &-
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