The Express.
London, England, 1861-11-21 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 21, ;861.

THE sitaAszirsar OP THE THAMES.

DERTATION TO LORD PATAITIRTOI.

Ye.tt..nlay a nutuerotut anti iutluential deputation
from the severed parishes ma the south aide of the river
name. waited upon Lord Palinernon, at his residence,
1,44e-bombe, I'A:coldly, to pn.eut a iwtition in refer-
ence to toe recessity of the anheuktucut of the Thames on
th. ...eh side being aimed on situtdtsnrously with that on
the north.

. Williams, M.P., having intioluee4 the depute-
ti ,e. Mr. }toffee. vestry clerk. read the petition, which—
after going folly into the question, and dwelling upon the
present defective physical and 'salary coalition of the
lrslities—concluded by proving that his lordship would be
leased to direct that in the preparation of the proposed
ball
for UN name. enibankuieut • clause be inserted, em-
paean. the Metropolitan hoard of A to con-
strict such • arceseary protection on the south
sioe,ps far as possible straultaieously with the northern
...rag.. and that the oust thereof be directed to be defrayed
out of the duties levied on coal within the metropolitan
,iistriet, or from such other source as the government
rat... tLtuk alienable, so that the charge is extended over
the a bole usetropolis.
Mr. bamboo. 31r.Williams. M.P., Mr. Loyard, M.P., and
Mr. !body, M,l'., laving severally supported the prayer of
the petition,
Lord PALIIERMTON —There is a great deal of reasoning
an.larguinent in what you have said, and I can hardly imagine
that ant thing else was contemplated than an embankment
for both side. of the river, and especially so if so embank-
ment on one sideway iladculated t. o entail the ineonveniences
and evil which you have mentioned. I heard • good deal
of the inconvenience which has been suffered on the south
side of the river by the stoppage of the streets on the shore,
and by the water settle; into cellars and offices, whilst I
was at the lionie utbee. where frequent coraplaiute
were made to me, and therefore such inconveoi-
epees are by no means a new state of things
to me. I agree with you that we ought to look for some
meaty to enable us to complete this embankment by carry-
ing out the works on both sides. There is no doubt that for
the interests of the inhabitants it is more important that
the river should be embanked on the south side Una es the
worth, for the north is in itself to some extent or embank-
ment, on account of the height of the ground. The only
question as to the south side is as to the method of effect-
ing the object sought, and I should like to be informed
whether you have any course to propose, and also whether
you have made any calculation as to the expense of an em-
Immanent ou the south side corresponding with that on the
south.

11r. I)ot•ttox—lf the coal tax is extended for Ilse years
we believe that siuticieut funds will be obtained for that

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coal tazl

WOat is the annual produce et the

W. WILLIAM"). 3l.P.—About 170,C30L ; but aa the
art of last session extends this tax for tea yearn I
made a higher calcuLdicm, as there is num to believe that
there will be a much larger consumption. My eakolation
is that a much larger sum will be received, and we are
willing to submit to this tax ; but if any further gam is
requited to defray the expense, all we ask is that a portion
of our own money may be appropriated to that object.
Lord PALMEILSTON—I may say that I entirely epee with
you in the principle that it r desirable that ea embankment
should be provided for the south side as well an the north,
but how it should be done and when it should be done we
rout leave as a matter for inquiry. I will communi-
cate with Mr. Cowper, of the Baud of Works, to see bow
the matter stands ; but I entirely agree with you that it
ought to be carried oat.
The deputation thaeked his lordship for the courtesy with
which they had been received, and retired.

LORD DARTMOUTH ON TER CHURCH OF
ENGLAND AND "ESSAYS AHD Rind Ws."

On Monday evening the Earl of Dartmouth pre-
sided at the inaugural meeting of the Huddersfield Church
Institute, and in the course of his introductory remarks
spoke as follows :—I feel prosdl at the thought that the
church of England is beginning' to occupy the position
which legitimately lieloogs to her. I am proud to think
that the Working Hen s Institute is in 000114111011 with
the Charch Institution of Huddersfield, because I
believe that the working mon of this country, es they
learn to know better what the church of England
really is, will love her better and esteem her mere. She
ham been much misunderstood by those who are not ac.
duaiuted with her tenets and her discipline ; but those
ays, I believe, are rapidly pluming away. A spirit of in.
glary is abroad, from which the church need not shrink.
Os the contrary, she invitee it oo the part of intelligent
working men ; for I believe there is no ordeal fees
which the church of England will not some out brighter
than ever. Our lot is cast in days when it behoves every
Christian to try thoroughly the grounds of the faith
is in him—that faith which haa been assailed by
the most loomed of men in this oonntry, wise have
conahinad to write a book which is cawing no small
stir is the colustry. It appears to me that then are thesis
who, endeavouring to seek after the true light, are net
unlike man lost in • fog, who, in eodeavouriog to walk ha •
straight line singly, move in a circle, and will And when
they stop their career that they have retrograded from the
point from which they originally started. This, I her,
will be the awe with there unhappy ter. I would not
cheek the spirit of free *airy, but whet is the or=
these speceLtiomi spas matters which have bees
by the clearest and met logical arguments ? They ma
bring very little satisfaction to anyone, mega Shen she
delight ia abeam* disquisitions. Leannot sea why these
impala lea should be enigma into at all ; bet, having Uses
entered into, it behoves every one of us to immus the
mental faculties with which he is endowed, yet to ears
they are not oar ruin.