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mount of ignorance, and the amount of consequent cri-
minality to be found in the country. I have no doubt the
instances he mentioned were instances with regard to
which the facts were accurately stated ; but I think we
are not entitled to take these instances as examples where-
by to judge of the criminality of the country at large.
(Hear.) I can only say, as far as my own local knowledge
extends, the districts with which I am acquainted cer-
tainly do not resemble the places from which the informa-
tion of the right hon. gentleman has been derived. No
doubt the religious qaestiou is one which must, I am afraid,
oppose great difficulties in the way of those who take this
subject in hand ; but at the same time I entirely agree with
the right hon. baronet in hoping that those who entertaindifferent opinions on this branch of the subject will consi-
der that we all hold opinions is common, which ought to
be, and may be, the foundation of a common system of
education; and I confess I do not agree with the noble
lord opposite, who said that the differences on the religious
question are so radical and so complete as to render it im-
possible to have a common system applicable to persons of
all denominations. (Hear, hear.) Under these circum-
stances, I accept with the greatest pleasure and cordiality
the proposal of the right hon. baronet to bring in this bill.
. I think he right in postponing farther proceedings upon
the bill until after Easter. The house will then have before
it the two measures—the one of my noble friend, and that
of the right hon. baronet ; and I must say, with regard to
the former, the criticism of the hon. gentleman who has
Just sat down does not seem to me to apply. He has con-
trasted what he alleges to be the greater liberality of the
arrangement proposed by the right hon. baronet with the
illiberality of the measure of my noble friend. One pro-
poses that the management of these schools should be con-
fided to persons elected by the ratepayers, and my noble
friend places them more in the hands of the town councils
and vestries ; but surely he forgets that the town councils
and vestries are the creation of the ratepayers, and there-
fore it is merely a question of one election or a double
election ; but the election in either case is complete
popular suffrage. It is for the house to determine which
of the two measures is the best in point of principle, but
each relies and is founded upon pure popular and general
choice. I should hope that the discussion which
has taken place will satisfy the house on the present
occasion. (Hear, hear.) I trust hon. members, re-
serving their more detailed opinions until the two bills
are equally before there, will allow the house to proceed to
those other matters which are equally worthy of attention.
Leave was then given to bring in the bill.
METROPOLITAN LOCAL MANAGEMENT.

Sir B. HALL, in rising to ask for leave to bring in a bill
for the local management of the metropolis, said, after
the various disappointments which had taken place, he was
glad to have an opportunity of laying before the house a
measure on that subject. At the commencement of the
present session, her Majesty, in the Speech from the Throne,
said, that though the prosecution of the war would natu-
rally engage their chief attention, she trusted ether matters
of great interest and importance to the general welfare
would not be neglected. Now, he knew of no subject of
greater importance than that which referred to the im-
provement of the first city in the empire, and it was to
that subject he wished to direct the attention of the house. 1
Various Governments had promised to take the matter
into consideration, but Ministry after Ministry passed
away without attempting to legislate in that direction.
In 1848, Lord Merpeth, when Chief Commissioner of
Woods and Forests, introduced the Public Health Act,
and, in doing so, said—" I have said the bill makes no ex-
ceptions in England and Wales, and accordingly the metro-
polis is not excluded from its operations. But I de not wish
to mislead my hearers. Owing to the great number of local
bodies, and generally the whole condition of a community
outnumbering in itself many continental states, I am bound
to declare that some preparatory and supplementary mea-
sures must be enacted by the Legislature before the provi-
sions of the bill I am now about to introduce can be made
applicable to the case of the metropolis. One of such mea-
sures I hope to introduce within a very short period."
Seven years had elapsed since that period, and no measure
of any kind had been brought under the consideration of
the house. He knew the difficulties of the case—he was
aware of the opposition which would be raised by interested
parties to a measure intended for the benefit of the com-
munity at large; but still he hoped the measure heshould
lay on the table would be received with some favour by the
Legislature, and of this he was perfectly satisfied, that it
was so framed as to be acceptable to the public at large. The
-first point he wished to establish was the area of the metro-
polis. He proposed to take the registrar-general's district,
and call that the metropolis, for the purposes of the bill. A
very correct and clear account of that district was given in
the report of the commissioners appointed to inquire int,
the existing state of the City of London in 1852, aud which
was presented to the house in May last year. It was as
follows :—" Since 1831 the metropolis of the registrar-
general has beau used for the census aud other statistical
objects. The 'metropolis recognised by the registrar-
general is formed of 36 registration districts, extending
from Hampstead in the north to Wandsworth in the
south, and from Stepney in the oast to Chelsea in the
west. Its greatest dimensions measured in these direc-
tions are 11 and 151 miles. It is according to this di-
vision that the census of the metropolis for the year
1851 has been arranged. It appears that the entire me-
tropolis within these limits contains an area of 78,029
acres, with 305,933 inhabited houses ; that its population
was 958,863 in 1801, and 2,362,236 in 1851, having more
than doubled in the last 50 years ; and that the value of
its property assessed to the poor rate in 1852 was 9,964,3481.
Bat whilst the metropolis at large, as set forth in the re-
gistrar-general's district, had rather more than doubled
since 1801, in the following districts the population has
considerably more than doubled since 1801 :
Districts. Pop. in MI. Pop. In 15.51.
Kensington
Pancras .. 31,779 166,956
Islington
Stepney 34,909 110,775
Poplar
Lambeth
Newington

148,475 724;367
being five times greater than in 1801." From the whole
tenour of this repeat, it was utterly impossible for many
months to elapse before the Government of the day should
bring in some measure for the better local management of
the metropolis. He did not expect at that time that he
should be the person to undertake the task, but being con-
fident that a measure would have to bo proposed by some-
body, in the month of Juno last, in concert with his noble
friend the member for the City of London, he framed a
series of returns, which, with his sanction, he obtained, and
they set forth to a very great extent the manner in which
the metropolis was managed. They were very imperfect,
but still from them they might obtain some satisfactory
result. He should be able to show from them that hardly
two parishes wore managed alike. By way of example, he
proposed to take a few parishes in the different metropoli-
ten boroughs, andhe camefirst to the borough of Finsbury.
In the Liberty of the Rolls the vestry was composed of
"the ancient inhabitants," i.e., such as had served the
office of overseer. The paving committee had 1,509 yards
of streets, and paid 1261. a-year in salaries, or 1471. a-mile.
St. Sepulchre had nearly a mile and a quarter of street,
and paid 1291. for supervision, or at the rate of 104/. a-
mile ; the commission was self-elected. Ely-place was 326
yards long, and 1561. 2s. was paid for its superintendence,
-being at the rate bf 8421. 15s. per mile. In St. Giles and
St. Cleiorge, Bloomsbury, no person was entitled to attend
or vote at the meeting for the election of vestrymen, un-
less he was rated to the peers rate at an assessment of 251.,
and no person letting part of his premises could be a vestry-
man, although he might be rated at 500/. a-year. Iu
Islington the qualification was 201. He would take the
Borough of the Tower Hamlets. In Norton-Folgate the
vestry was composed of these inhabitants who had served
or paid fines for refusing to serve either of the offices of
overseer, constable, or headborougb. In Christchurch,
Spitalfields, it was composed of those who had been either
ehurchwardens or overseers. In St. Botolph Witkout,
Aldgate, it was composed of persons who had served all the
parochial offices, viz., headborough, constables, church-
wardens, and overseers ; the vestry had existed in this form
from time immemorial, and was not constituted by ally
local act. In St. John, Hackney, the vestrymen were
elected by • the inhabitants, but no inhabitant could
vote who was assessed at less than 401. a year. In Mile-
end, New Town, the qualification was 121. In St. Paul,
Shadwell, 10/. In St. Mary, Stratford-le-Bow, 151. In
All Saints, Poplar, 30/. In St. George-in-the-East the in-
habitants could vote who paid 245. a year to the poor rate;
while in St. Anne, Limehonse, they must pay 48s. a year.
St. Leonard, Shoreditch, had three paving boards ; one of
these (the High-street Commission) had one mile of street,
and paid in salaries 118/. 25.; self-elected and elected for
life. Another (the Hoxton-square Trust) bad 456 yards ;
salaries, 471.-the receipts being 46/. ; rate per mile, 186/.
13s. 4d. ; the commission was self-elected, and for life.
The Old Artillery Ground had 814 yards ; salaries, 122/.
Bs. • rate per mile, 264. 13e. ; commission self-elected, and
for life. In St. George-in-the-East the paving was under
five separate boards. The lighting and cleansing under
three boards-one of which paid at the rate of 16s. 741
each for the supervision of 363 lamps. In the borough of
Lambeth, the parish of St. Mary, Newington, had iwo
paving and four lighting boards, which were confined to
the parish, and five other boards, which also extended over
other parishes. The average cost of the superintendence
of each lamp was lle. 6d. Of these boards seven were
self-elected. Lambeth had nine lighting boards, and the
average cost of the superiutendenco of each lamp was lls.
so far as it could be ascertained. In the borough of
Southwark, in the parish of St. George the Martyr,
the paving was under six different boards, and the West
Borough Pavement Commissioners had 21 miles of streets,
and paid 484/. in salaries, or 217 e per mile. They
'were self-elected, and for life, and there were two other
boards • •
st. joi:temilarly elected. In St. Olave, St. Thomas, and
for rn. the East Southwark Commissioners paid 8511.
ph Isereore than six miles of road, or 136/. per mile.
weLeyaeei liself.7elected, and for life. In St. John there
and
ra-le`a vestry elected by the parishioners, one-half by
and not less than istz.. and upwards; one-half under 751.
parish of St. eeeee.,o 1n the city of Westminster, the
,treeervicver-square, acres, and was in contained 1, 161
vestry, elected under the
in The part under the
14 miles of road, paid in ...true sof Hobhouse's Act, had
and was most admirably seen:le_6s.63BL or 45/. per mile,
Trust had 12 miles of road.
vilearteeTlie Grosvenor-
place
mile, 1101. 55. Besides these there wa::311 ; average per
218 acres, called Cubitt's district, without large district of
In St. Mary-le-Strand the,e inrisdiction
whatever.
6slwere 480 yardi of
streets. Salaries 1206. or 4401. • • per mile. In
were GOO yards of streets. Salaries ge! 15
he
Savoy there
or 218/. 14s. 2.fd. per mile. And in the who. 03e °et.,
the two last thebesides
-garden, al"s
and places of St. Ann's, Soho, S
the Rolls, t.haeree et. St
Clement Danes, and the Liberty of
boerde h ?re
11 miles of streets, seven dietinet paving •,_ avrue
d surveyors (1 of which
each separate clerks, collectors, an
eon trade as a
surveyors was, when appointed, carryine,
an expense to the
tailor, and another as a lew stationer), at
staff..
ratepayers of 970/. 3s. 3d., or 881. per mile for official
In the Strand, between Northumberland-house and Temp c-
har, a distance of about 1,336 yards, or a little more than
three-fourths of a mile, the street was divided into seven
different paving boards. First was St. Martin's from the
starting point to the centre of Cecil-street, between Nos. 81
and 85, a distance of about 480 yards. Up to this point the
whole width of the street belongs to St. Martin's, but from
Cecil-street to opposite the centre of Burleigh-street, near
No. 112, a distance of about 145 yarde, only one-half of the
street, the north side, was under that paving board. The
otherhalf, from Cecil-street, between Nos. 84 and 85 to No.
167, a distance of about 118 yards, belonged to St. Clement's.
At No. 107, the district belonging to the Savoy commenced.
and, for a distance of about 27 yards, the street was divided
between the Savoy and St. Martin's. From opposite the
centre of Burleigh-street, from No. 112 to opposite the east
siege of Wellington-street North, near N 0.135, a distance of
about 83 yards, the street was divided between the Savoy
!Ad St. Clement's, and from this point to Dueby-place,
"%wawa lies. 137 and 138, a lihtance of about 25 yards, it
Weis
aivided between the Savoy and St. Mary's. From
point to the loth a distance east end of St. Mary's church (near No.
of about 226 yards, the whole width of the

Strand belonged to St. Mary's with the exception of
piece in front of Somerset House. This portion was abet
15 yards long and 12 yards wide. It was repaired by a
Sam:a-set-place contractor. From the east end of S
Mary's church to Temple-bar, a distance of about
yards,. the whole width of the Strand belonged io S
Clement's. The different paving boards along the Stran,
from No. 1 to Temple-bar, therefore came in the followi4
order :-1 St. Martin's alone ; 2. St. Martin's and t.
Clement's ; 3, St. Martin's and the Savoy ; 4, Savoy ed
St. Clement's ; 5, Savoy and St. Mary's; 6, St. Mar's
alone; 7, St. Mary's and Somerset-place; 8, St. Mar's
alone ; 9, St. Clement's alone ; the distance being 1,i6
yards, or three-quarters of a mile, and there being nie
divisions. Cecil-street, a street running from the Strati
towards the river, with a carriage way about 10 yards wtss,
was under two separate managements—viz., St. Mares
and St. Clement's. Along Wellington-street North, tan
the North end of Exeter-street to the south side of tae
Strand, a distance of about 100 yards, there were 'err
separate jurisdictions, viz.:—ln St. Paul's, Coventi.r-
dan, there were the three divisions of St. Martin's, St.Ce-
meat's, and Savoy. It happened that St. Clement's sii-
sion came close up to the houses at the east side of VI.
lington-street North. The paving of the roadway iota
considerable length of the street was therefore door )y,
that parish ; but, as the houses on the east side were it it.
Mary s, they could not be rated for the repairs of the sosl-
way. A precisely similar ease as regarded the numlerof
jurisdictions occurred from the north end of Exeter-stret,
along Burleigh-street, to the South side of the Sinai.
There the houses on the west side of Burleigh-street Telt
in St. Martin's. The division between that parish ant tt.
Clement's took nearly the line of the footway-, so that thee
again St. Clement's repaired the carriage-way and ;Sao
rate from the houses on the west side of the street, In
St. Ann's, Soho, the following were the bounder-Jet of
this parish, or that portion of it under the wing
board :—The west side of Crown-street, the west side of
Moor-street, and the west side of West-street, while ire
east side of these streets belonged to St. Giles's ; Upper It.
Martin's-lane, the north side of Great Newport-street .he
west side of Castle-street as far as Bear-street, the s&-th
side of Bear-street, the north and west sides of Leiesser-
square, the north side of Spur-street (the other side: of
these streets were in St.Martria's); the east side of Prines-
street, the east side of Wardour-street (the other aids of
these streets, with the exception of a short piece, wo in
St. James's). As in the case of St. James's, seme dthe
most inconvenient boundaries were paved by amigo-
ments, by either one board or the other. By an act of lar-
lime:rent, St. Martin's, Charing-crors, was paved as fa; as
the Horse Guards. Nearly the other boundaries of at.
Martin's were along the centre of the streets. In St.Janes's,
Piccadilly, only one-half of Princes-street, Coventry-sreet,
and Wardour-street, were in the district of St. Japes's,
but owing to the narrowness of the streets, much inonve-
moue° arose to the division of the paving ; arrangenents
had therefore been made between St.James's and theneigh-
bouring boards for one or other of them to pave the whole
width of the street in some of those instances. In &usher
case, the road was under one paving beard, but the light-
ing and watering were under try, separate boards- sue
having jurisdiction on the north, and the other on the smith
side. The two boards quarrelled, and one of them raid—
" We will have the watering done in the morning ;' the
other said—" We will have ours done in the evening;' so
that during the summer months the parties paying fcr the
watering of their roads were covered with dust daring
the whole 24 hours. (Laughter.) He had touched rpm a
great many parishes, but he had not yet alluded to Close
which he represented; but he would not suffer them tc re-
main unreformed, for he believed that one portion of Um
was managed worse than any other part of London. ?his
was no fault of the inhabitants themselves, but ho eheuld
be able to show where the fault lay. He would begin vith
the western part of the great borough which he represented
numbering about 400,000 inhabitants. One parish sad
170,000, another 160,000, and the third about 60,000 i-
nhabitants ; and the whole borough, having reference is its
size, was the richest district in the whole world. But low
was this largo borough governed ? To begin with Padding-
ton, he found that, in 1801, there were 1,800 inhabitants;
while, in 1831, the number had inereased to 13,540; and
in 1851, when the last census was taken, the population
amounted to 16,306. In 1837, when he first became con-
nected with the borough, there were less than I,OOC elec-
tors ; last year there were 3,686. It was governed by a
local act passed in 1314, under the provisions of tie old
statute, known as Sturges Boarne's Act ; and a nenon
must be rated at 101. before he could have one vote in the
election of vestrymen, and higher qualification that was
required to give him a vote for members of Parlianent.
The number of assessments was 6,944.
Number of assessments under 501. 3,532, having 1 vote
Ditto, at 501. and under 751., 1,333 „ „
Ditto, at 751., and under 1001., 732 „ 3 „
Ditto, at 1001., and under 1251., 431 „ 4 „
Ditto, at 1251., and under 1501., 259 „ 5,s
Ditto, at 1501., and upwards, 607 „ 6 „

Total 6,944
se that 1-11th of the ratepayers, or 607, had 3,642 votes,
which was more than the number of votes possesseC by
3,582 ratepayers in the same parish, and was more thanhalf
the number of assessments in the parish.
Parish debts (1824-25) £lo,ooo, since paid £6,000
Church debt (1846). 19,000, ~ Z2OO
Guardian board (1846) 16,500,
pp 6,300

45,500

£19,t0

Leaving a present debt of £26,000
The vestrymen appointed a committee of 18 to manage the
affairs of the parish; their decision might be overrulod by
the ex officio vestrymen, amounting to 40, independent of
the minister, &c. Every member of Parliament, every
judge, every magistrate was an ex officio member of the go-
verning body of the pariah; and besides those, the Con-
, i:tiLteugairta-tneA•r3cuencttritionst;vamp,gnott. a Rsetrreyt,lava.n,tll,Linsd also
pecu-
liarity about the constitution of the vestry-no innkeeper
could be elected. In 1845 an attempt was made to upset
this -1,-..a .L..( of Lleinge, ana so IMUSUUtIe• rtuouwase a
Act, which requires a majority of two-thirds of those who
vote ; the consequence was, that though 1,991 supported
the change, there being 1,212 against it, the proposed altera-
tions could itot be made. Three years must elapse before
the proposition could be again entertained. It was again
attempted in 1853, when it was negatived by about 200. Se
much with regard to the western parish. He would now
come to the eastern ; and there he found the most extraor-
dinary state of local management that aver existed in any
country-he referred to St. Pancras. Its population had
increased from 71,838 in 1841, to 180,000 at the present
time. There were 16 paving beards ;. and a great portion
of the parish was without paving, and without any juris-
diction whatever. The Bedford estate was admirably ma-
naged, so well that a person might go into that district,
and see where the Bedford estate commenced. The man-
ner in which so many different boards were created was
this. When a person had some land which he wished to
let out on building leases, he applied for an Act of Par-
liament. This had been the ease with the Somer's-town,
the Camden-town, the Southampton, the Bedford, and
other estates. In the Camden-town district there were 15
self-elected commissioners, of whom about seven attended.
There was no treasurer. There were 4A miles of road, and
they spent 4081. 17s. for officers' salaries, the whole expen-
diture being 3361., exclusive of lighting. They had incurred
a debt of 1,1931., and had levied Is. per pound upon the
rateable value. There were no poeblic pumps. Take the
Doughty estate : there were no public pumps-rate, 2s.
(id. in the pound; there were 18 commissioners, and the
sum expended for repairs was 1/. 17s. 4d., whilst there
were expended for salaries 1801. Ba. Od. ; debt, 6,7321. On
the Foundling Estate Paving Board the commissioners
were self-elected • about 10 attend ; they have ono mile and
a quarter of road, and expend 7651. 19s. ld. in repairs, and
pay 3131. ss. sd. to officers, clerks, &c. ; they have a debt of
20,4761., which is 50 per cent. of rateable value, and levy a
rate of ls. 6d. in the pound, besides special rates. On the
Lucas Estate Paving Board, they have about three-quarters
of a mile of road; pay 381. 19s. for paving, and 1171. 14s.
for salaries and collection. They have a rateable value of
5,8671. and a debt of 4,9091. No public pump. In Somers-
town there were 21 commissioners, self-elected ; about S
attend; they havenot any treasurer, have three miles of
road, and spend 5381. 7s. Bd. in repairs, and 3011. in sala-
lies ; they have a debt of 15,0001., which is 35 per cent.
on the rateable value, and levy 10d. in the pound-ono
pump. On the South-Western district there were 75 com-
missioners, self-elected; attendance 11. They have five
miles of road, expend 983/.145. 6d. in repairs and water-
ing, and 352/. for officers, besides a residence for the clerk
and surveyor, and they have a debt of 5,5001., and levy ls.
in the pound on the rateable value, which is 81,0001. On
the Southampton Estate Paving oard, only 12 miles of
road, and the payments to officers amount to 6771. 45.,
being more than 501. per mile for official payments; in
other respects this board is well managed. With respect
to Holmes Estate Paving Board, the amount authorised
to be raised by the act is 1,500/.4but it is believed bonds to
about the extent of 2,40'1 have been issued ; commis-
sioners self-elected; no interest or annuity has been paid
since the year 1836 or 1837 ; for the last 15 years ne opera-
tions under the Act of Parliament have taken place, and
the pavements and _roads within the district are in a most
dilapidated, dangerous, and dirty state, and under no
efficient control; the books and papers of the expired com-
mission are believed to have been destroyed, and this re-
turn is signed by the surveyor to the board. (Hear.) Thus
it appeared that, according to a Parliamentary paper
printed in 1850, those parts of this great parish which had
any paving at all were govered by 16 district boards, 11 of
which are self-elected, and wholly irresponsible to the rate-
payers. There were 427 commissioners, of whom 255 are
self-elected. They had set up 14 public pumps for the use
of 170,000 inhabitants, of which one was returned as out
of order. They had 40 miles of road, and 63 officers cf
various sorts to superiuteud, :tad these 63 officers received
no less than 4,000/. a-year in salaries, or 10J/. per mile ;
and to complete the whole they had incurred debts to the
amount of 135,357/.-so that excluding the Southampton
&strict, which had little or no debt, these commissioners,
most of whom were self-elected, had incurred a debt of
about 140,0001., or exactly 5,0001. per mile, for which, of
course, the ratepayers are liable, and of which lia-
bilities they had little or no knowledge. So much for the
local government of St. Pancras under petty, self-elected
boards. (Hear, hear.) Now, contrast St. Pancras parish
with the parish of Marylebone, which was governed by
one board, and this was the reason he instituted the
comparison. In Marylebone the population was 160,000,
in St. Pancras 170,000. Marylebone contained 1,550,
St. Pancras 2,700 acres. The number of officers in
Alaryleboue were four, in St. Pancras 63. In Maryle-
bone the cent of the staff was 6571., in St. Pancras 4,0001.
The debt of Marylebone was 16,500/., of St. Pancras
135,0001. In Marylebono the streets wero paved by the
board, in St. Pancras they were, as he had stated, let out
to contractors. He quoted this to show how much sav-
ing had been effected in Marylebone compared with St.
Pancras by having one hoard -the same as the vestry
-au('
1:,vo l l expensive2a was
the other under many boards.
(Hear, hear.) He would now give a summary of the ma-
nnement of the metropolis. lt had a population of
2va213u30_:108 ; number of inhabited houses, 291,240; rateable
number of °1"
was about 2bo
nisteted by not less
hod returned the nutanbers
they amounted to 4,73 g
exclusive of city of London. The
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LiTay's-inn,
Itoh,elr4e3.woßuledshbiees 5,710
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bodies :-Liucolu's-inn, Staple-inn, Ice
Furnival's-inn, and Charterhouse. There veenre'
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to much more than 4,000,0001. at the present time, and
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the
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• hes are each of them governed, f wholly or
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metropolis. re p
in part, by commissioners or trustees, who are self-elected,
consequently in no degree
or elected for life, or both, and
charge
for
ofli.
responsible to the ratepayers. The actual
cers t salaries it was impossible for leue o ascertain, but
from
his own impression was, that it was nob less than_
far
(quoting to 80,0001. a year. Ho would show how far
(quoting according to the police divisions) those parishes
had complied with the requirements of the Lodging-house