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London, England, 1852-03-01 00:00:00

THE ISLINGTON MARKET BILL.

Mr. H. L. Taylor, Chairman of the Markets Improve-
ment Committee, brought up a report, of which the fol-
lowing is the substance:—
" That your committee have considered the said Bill,
and they find that it is proposed thereby to authorise the
Islington Cattle Market Company to enlarge the mar-
ket at Islington, and also to repeal the Act for establish-
ing that market, of the sth and 6th Wm. IV., c. 3, by
which compensation is granted to the Corporation of
London for any diminution of the tolls received by
them in respect of Smi, hfield-market, consequent upon
the opening of the market atlslington. That your com-
mittee referred the said Bill to a deputation, who on
Tuesday the 17th day of February instant, held a con-
ference with the Right Hon. Sir George Grey, Bart., bt r
Majesty's Principal Secretory of State for the Home
Department, when Sir George Grey promised to con-
,ider the provisions of the Bill, and subsequently in-
formed Mr. Masterman, one of the Members for the city
of London, that he thought that that part of the Bill
which proposed to extend the prt sent market at Isling-
ton ought to be withdrawn.
" That on the second reading of the said Bill in the
House of Commons on the 20th inst., Sir George Grey
stated his objections to the clauses for the enlargement
of the market, and drew the attention of the Com-
mittee to whom the said Bill was to be referred, to
those clauses, and that if they were not withdrawn the
turther progress of the Bill ought to be opposed. The
promoters of the Bill stated that they were of opinio❑
uch a course would not be objected to; and the Bill
was read the second time.

That your committee consider that the enlargement of
the Islington-market will bo contrary to the intention of
the metropolita❑ Cattle-market Act, passed in the last
session of Parliament, which enacts that no new catilv.
market shall be opened in tl:. City of London, or West-
minster, or the liberties thereof or the borough of South-
yu k. or at any place less than seven miles in a straight
line from St. Paul's Cathedral, in the City of Lon-
don; and they are also of opinion that the principle of
compensation granted to the Corporation by the Act sth
and 6th William IV., cap. 3, should be secured to them
by the Bill now pending in Parliament—and your com-
mittee recommend to this Honourable Court, that they
should be empowered to oppose the said Bill in Parlia-
ment; and they.have directed the Itemembrabeer to
prepare the drat of a petition to the House of C( mmons
ag•iiust the said Bill, and your committee having ap-
proved the draft of the said petition, they submit the
same to this Honourable Court.

" Dated thii 26th day of February, 1852.
" H. L. TAYLOR, JAMES Low.
GEo. TAYLOR, WILLIAM WILLIAMS.

GEORGE HARKER, W. TYLER.
JEREMIAH EVANS, R. OBBARD,

T. HOLT, J. MUTTER.
T. H. HALL, EDWARD HARRISON."
Mr. H. L. TAYLOR said if it could have been sup-
posed that the Government or Parliament had contem-
plated such a thing as rendering assistance to any other
market than that which the City had taken upon them to
erect, the Corporation would, of course, have hesitated
to accept the offer which had been made to them. He
did not anticipate any such unfair play, and submitted
the report in perfect reliance upon the unanimous con-
sent of the Court.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. BENNOCH did not rise to o.oppme the reception of
the report, and would be sorry to re-oi. in a Smithfield
debate. His object in addressing the Court was to ask a
question of some importance and interest to the public.
tie felt gratification in the fact that, in accepting the
proposal of the Government, the City had shown that it
had come to its senses, but he begged to be candidly in-
formed whether the committee was not at that moment
negotiating for the purchase of lalington-market?—
(Hear, hear.) He did not believe the report, but it
certainly had been widely circulated.
Mr. ANDERTON expressed his regret that the Corpora-
tion had had anything to do with the new market, which
was a Government measure, and therefore ought to be
protected by the Government against the Islington-
market Bill,—(Efear.)
Mr. Deputy Lola' was sorry to say that the Corpora-
tion had descended to a very low position, arid allowed
itself to be dragged at the chariot-wheels of any Go-
vernment. He believed that the new market would
prove a decided failure, and although he so generally ap-
proved of and supported the vie 7es of Mr. 'IL. Taylor as
to be celled his man Friday, he begged leave to differ
from that gentleman in opinion as to the conduct of
-the Corporation in adopting the design of the Govern-
ment.—(Hear.)
Mr. 11. L. TAYLOR, in answer to the question of Mr.
*
Benno assured that gentleman that the°. i
committeesiinton
had not the slightest notion of purchasing
market.—(Hear )On the contrary, the committeeg .
per-
fectly agreed in the opinion that Islington was
to supposewas not the
place for a market. It was erroneous, too,
that the committee had altered its opinion on
theon tehitee
subject. The committee was convinced
pro-
posed by the Corporation was thebestsite, b
sity had led to the adoption of the proposal by
teces:
vernment.
" He who complies against his will
till. "
Is of the same opinion s
The repoii; was then agreed to, and the petition was
f rant-
ordered to be presented tor.;11
one of the
In the course of a discus"' clerks of the
to weritilajo.n the subject 0 g
ing a retired allowance
Sheriff's Court, Mr.
An
to
having stated that a re-
port was in eiroulau effect that an influential
member of the Court n dertthoen
o
meant to assist his sows endeavour
to obtain the situation,
gave notice of a motion for the next
Mr. batEL 1-11",i'wher'a s ni be eligible to any place in
court, n
the gift of the°crnorporation.—(Chei re.)
TSE DONATION of ST. JAMES'S, DUKE'S-PLACE.
fruomAs HALL presented the report, together with .1
ouns,'l'" o-
pinion on the legality of the nomination and
c •
ot the Rev. W. Whittimore by the Lord
3,4f,;1i
or"a3nedn Ct;urt, of Aldermen to be minister of St.
j,„,„s',„ Duke te-piace.
Mr. HALL moved, " That the Court agree with the
report."
Mr. ANDERTON thought the Court was bound to ex-
press itself strongly on tho subject.
Mr. BLAKE was of opinion that there was no neces-
sity at all for any resolution on the subject. The opinion
of the eminent counsel named was sufficient authority for
proceeding to fill up the eilice.—(lliar, hear.)
After a In iel discussion, the report was unanimously
agreed to, and, together with the opinion of counsel on
the subject, ordered to be printed in the minutes of the
court.

CITY GAS COMPANIES.
The Chief Commissioner of Sewers brought up a re-
port recommending the appointment of a chemical
referee and meter inspectors to test the quality of the
gas and the regularity of the meters supplied the
urem;central Gas Consumers' Company. Tho r bey ggia

tions as to the duties and emoluments of those c flaws
bac', in conformity wick the terms of the Act of Pa-lia-
umut, been agreed to between the Commissiontrs and
the chairman of the company, and he felt satisfied they
would give general satisfaction. Ho moved that the
Court do agree with the Commissioners in their ru-
pori.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. H. L. TAYLOR, said ho nhould move as an amend-
ment, " That the renort be sent back for reconsidera-
tion, with instructions to introduce tar more stringent
regulations than those which the report contained."
Mr. Deputy LOTT seconded the amendment.
After some observations fom Mr. Norris, Mr. Har-
rison, Mr. Elliott, and Mr. D3kin, the amendment was
negatived and the original 'nation carried, with only
hree bands in opposition. _

•
Dr. Letheby was then elected chemical referee, and
Taunton was appointed meter inspector.—Ad-
journed.

FEMALE EMIGRATION FUND.

The twenty-first party of female emigrants sent out
under the auspices of the committee of this fund, left the
Feochurch-street station of the Blackwell Railway, on
Saturday morning, at half-past nine o'clock, to join the
ship Fortitude, of Scarborough, Captain Heyward,
bound, for Port Philip, and which lay at anchor off the
Town PiPr, Gravesend. The weather was very unfa-
vourable, heavy showers of rain falling frequently du-
ring the day, and there was consequently a small attend-
ance of the members of the committee to witness the em-
barkation of their protegees. Among those present, how-
ever, in spite of the adverse circumstance, were the two
most milefetigsble lady members, the lion. Mrs. Sidney
lierbort and the Hon. Mrs. Stuart Wortley, acconipanied
by Miss Carlton. The gentlemen were Mr. M. T. Hig-
gins and the Rev. Joseph Brown, rector of Christ Church,
Blackfriars.

The emigrants were fifty in number, inclusive of four
under the denomination of " protected passengers "
that is, less destitute emigrants, who were permitted tc
form part of the party by paying the cost of their own
passage. The fact of these protected passengers placing
themselves under the regulations of the committee is a
sufficient comment on the care and attention paid to the
comforts of the emigrants. The patty, whose ages vary
from 16 to 35, consist principally of sempstresses, shoe-
binders, stockingmakers, and domestic servants, who are
rescued from the privations and perils of a precarious
subsistence here, and have before them the prospect of
steady and remunerative employment in another he-
misphere. The emigrants appeared to be in a comfort-
able and well-tended condition; a circumstance attri-
butable, dcubtless, to their stay for a few weeks previous
at the committee's " home " in Hatton-garden, whet e
they are under the supervision of Mrs. Batkin, the ma-
tron, and are frequently visited by the more active
members of the ladies' committee. Indeed, the remark
of the medical officer of the establishment was, that this
was the most healthy group that the committee bad evt r
dispatched.
The party, having arrived at Blackwell, were con-
ducted by Mrs. Batkin on beard the Vesper, Gravesend
steam boat, which conveyed them to the Fortitude, a
fine ship of 850 tons burden, and possessed of excellent
sea-going qualities. The emigrants having been trans-
ferred to their own cabin—a light, roomy, and well-
ventilated compartment which had been fitted up for
them amidships—ware passed in review beeire Captain
Lean, Government emigration officer for the port
of London, and Dr. Spark°, Government medical in-
spector of emigrants, who pronounced their condition in
every respect satisfactory.
The girls were then called up seriatim to receive their
application papers, which will serve them as testimonials
to character in their new home. They were also each
handed a letter of instructions for the regulation of their
conduct during the voyage and after its termination, and
they next received from Mrs. Herbert an envelope
directed to herself, accompanied by a request on the part
of that honourable lady that they would remember to
write to her after their arrival, informing her how they
got through the passage, what kind of situations they
had obtained, and generally as to their prospects and
position in the land of their adoption. Those of tlaste
who could write faithfully promised to comply with this
injunction, and those who could not, averred that they
would learn on their voyage ie order to do so.
Mr. HIGGINS then deliver-cc a short exortation, which
be said he had been requested to do in the absence of
the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, whose regret he was
.uthorised to express at being detained in London by
pressing business, which prevented him from being pre-
sent to bid them all farewell. Mr. Higgins then pro-
ceeded to give them some excellent advice, first pointing
out to tlat m the necessity for maintaining, by their mu-
tual forbearance and good conduct during the passage,
the high characters with which they left their native
country, fur unless the captain and mate on their arrival
in the colony could give a favourable report of them
they would find great difficulty in obtaining good places.
Every provision had been made to secure their comfort,
and he hoped they would all be obedient to Mrs. Palmer,
the matron, who was going out with them, and would
endeavour to improve themselves during the few months
they were at sea. When they reached their destination
they would find persons there connected with the society
who would do their best to assist them in finding places.
He would recommend them to be guidsd by these
parties, and not to be led away by the advice of perhaps
interested persons who might try to tempt them by
larger wages to accept situations not so good as would
be suggested by those who were acquainted with the
character of the people, and the proper rate of remune-
ration. And when they bad obtained pines they must
endeavour to remain in them; for they might depend
upon it that a servant could have no worse character
than that of being always shifting aboV, With pa
tience, industry, and good conduct he had no doubt they
would succeed, and if any of them were anxious to have
a relative sent out to them, and would save 7/ from their
earnings and remit it to the committee in part payment
of the passage money, the party would be sent out pro-
vided she was of the proper charactlr. They had all
received a printed copy of a letter from Mrs. Herbert,
containing the same advice as he had just given them
only much better expressed, and he hoped they would
~eigh it over well in their minds and endeavour to
follow it. In conclusion, he wished them all a hearty
farewell, and hoped they would have a prosperous
voyage.
The Rev. Mr. Brown, at the request of Mrs. Herbert,
then delivered a brief address to the girls, in which he
feelingly enjoined upon them the duty of attending re-
gularly to their religious obligations, anti in listening to
which they appeared to be much affected.
The emigrants then sat down to their first dinner on
board ship, and were regaled with an ample supply of
the " roast beef of old England." The exertions of
the distinguished ladies present in ministering to the
solace and cetnfort of their humble, but, evidently grate-
ful charge, afforded a truly touching spectacle; and it
is saying but little to remark that the cheerful and ac-
tive devotedness they displayed in their labour of love
is a theme too high for praise.
The visiting party having taken their final leave of
the emigrants, returned to town by the same convey-
ance as they left It, the expectation being that the For-
titude would weigh anchor and proceed on her voyage
on Sunday (yesterday) morning. It may be here stated
that only about a month has elapsed since the preceding
party were sent out by the committee per the Euphrates,
comprising sixty young women, and that the total num
ber already dispatched. by the committee is 750. It was
remarked by Captain Lean, during his official inspection
on Saturday, that out of no fewer than 500 emigrant
ships which have sailed for South Australia from the
port of London during the last five years, not one of
them has been lost.