The Sun.
London, England, 1863-12-18 00:00:00

The Fire Brigade System of London,

Last evening,
the parish,
Rhodes in the chair,--se--
at the usual meeting of the parish
of St' Mary, Lambeth held at the vestry room of
Kennington-green,' Mr. Churchwarden
Mr. KNIGHT called the attention of the vestry to
the Secretary for the Home a report which he
Heard, that Sir George Grey,
pmarelpepartment, intended,
thet.ament, to introduce a
ir. prevent suv
would
understoodno
otu l fire r e brigade
cause gt
that
et
during next session
bill for the abrogation of
it under the establishment, and of placing
superin-
tendence of a different body
0 to
tlloB,ouobo..
whether
such transference of management;
expense to the ratepayers of from
a year. He wanted, therefore, to know
the vestry had received any infurraation"ven
ject.
,:
Mr. F. DOULTON, M.P., said ho was not aware
that any such question would be asked; but at the
same
lO n Otnimthe'eassuhbejwecat, hsire
possession of some inform
had much pleasure in cow_
municating it to the meeting. Tne matter was very
important, and in the course of a week or two the
vestry, together with the other vestries of the
metropolis, would have their attention called to it,
and have placed before them the whole facts of the
case. The insurance cempanies, as they were aware,
had hitherto supported the fire brigade at a cost of
about £30,000 per annum. In the last two or
three years, however, these companies had protested
against charges thus placed upon them, as a large
number of the premi,es where fires occurred, and
where their engines attended, yielded them no-
thing, in consequence of the premises barnt down
not having been insured. They stated, in fact, that
the properties were not insured at nine-tenths of
the fires their engines aided in putting out. They,
therefore, under these circumstances, hinted in the
course of last year that they were not prepared any
longer to carry on the system. On that circum-
stance becoming known, the question arose what
was to be done ? Of course the Home Secretary
was the party to apply to on the subject; and feel-
ing a deep interest in it, he put a question to Sir
George Grey respecting it, and the result of that

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was that a committee of the House of Commons

was appointed on the subject. The committee cer-
tainly did not report that the insurance companies
should support and maintain the fire brigade of the
metropolis. He believed Sir George Grey had
recently b:en in communication with the Metropo-
litan Board of Works on the subject, and within the
last two days he believed that that board had received
notice of a measure to be introduced into the next
session of Parliament for placing the fire brigade
of the metropolis under the superintendence of that
board. He believed there was a_provision of that
p p p
communication to the effect that if the Board of
Works objeeed to take the superintendence of the
brigade, the Home Secretary was re ,red toplace
the same under the superinteneence of the Metro-
politan Police. In either case, however, the metro.
polis would have to pay for the matter. The esti.
mated cost was, he believed, from i,50,0„„
" to
£60,000 per annum, or a halfpenny rate over the
etropolis in perpetuity. He certainly
whole of the m
considered the subject
thought that if the ratepayers of the metropolis had
to pay for it, they had much better place the supe
vision of it under the control of the Board of Works
than under the polies, who were an '
irresponsible
body. (Hear.)
moMstri.inPNortanrt,tahnedngsaavide nhoetice of
meeting respecting it. a 'notion for next

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robbed, and said :—" I am the man who garotted
a glimpse of you, I remembered
having heard you more than once speaking at reformatory
I meetings, and I am ashamed of having done such a thing
to yeti.” The gentleman said to him :—" How is it that
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such an action, and place himself in such a position ?" To
this
s 1
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one who in his youth led a life of
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tedt°the
that I shall forget my old ways and live an honest life ?"
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