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

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The Fire Brigade System of London.

Last evening,
of St. Mary,
el-
Rhodes in thebeth, held at the vestry room of
chlial?gton-green, Mr. Churchwarden
Mr. KNIGHT called the attention of° he h at the usual meeting
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a report which he had
Home heard, that Sir George
satGrr iy
rsehtyo,
the parish, Kee
ri:tpres under
r
the Secretary for the
of
parmelpepartment, intended,
uer the superin-
dbiuirlinfegrnthexetabserossgiao
would
e bgad
r introduceiae
establishment, and of placing
tendence of a different body. ne understood that
such transference of management
expense to the ratepayers of from £40,00 ocause an
to £50,000
a year. He wanted, therefore, to know
the vestry had received any inform n
atio Whether
on the sub-
ject.
Mr. F. DOULTON, M.P., said he was not aware
that any such question would be asked: but at the
same time, as he was in possession of some informa-
tion on the subject, he had much pleasure in com-
municating it to the meeting. The 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 companies, as they were aware,
had hitherto supported the fire brigade at a cost of
about £30,000 per annum. In the last two or
threeyears, however, these companies had protested
against charges thus placed upon them, as a large
number of the premises where fires occurred, and
where their engines attended, yielded them no-
thing, in consequence of the premises burnt 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
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 been 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 fre brigade
of the metropolis under the superintendence of that
board. He believed there was a provision of that
communication to the effect that if then Board
of
prepared to piece
e n fromn
rate I 50,
overoo ththe
Works objected to take the superintendence of the
the brigade,eam e the
under Home
tthe
Secretary
superintendencewas of the Metro-
politan Police. In either case, however, the metro-
polis would have to pay for the matter. The esti-
mated
i.:60 00cost r Navoa:,a
whole of the metropolis in perpetuity. He certainly
thought that if the ratepayers of the metropolis had
to pay for it, they had much better place the super-
vision of it under the control of the Board of Works
annum, or believed,a hal f
body. (Hear.)
Mr. ICNIGST then said he considered
the subject
most important, and gave notice of Et •
than under the police, who were
Leating respecting it. motion for next

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A REPENTANT
,GAROTTER.—At a meeting held
hadwhen one eveninge Macleod
at Edinburgh,
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Chelsea, was :—A gentleman, who resided near
Chelsea,
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rnmd, and was left insersible on the gLound. Every
n
you ; but, on catching
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having heard you more than once speaking at reformatory
meetings, and I am ashamed of having
done such a thing
to you. ”
U The gentleman said to him :—" How is it that
one possessing so much truth and kindness should commit
such an action, and place himself in such a position ?" To
this the man replied, " Who will employ a thief ? who
will have mercy upon one who in his youth led a life of
crime such as I have done ? who will have confidence in me
that I shall forget my old ways and live an honest life ?"
The gentleman, struck by the man's contrition, and his.de-
sire to get some employment, procured him a situation, and
found that he behaved himself well, and redeemed in a,
measure the errors of his pt life.
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