The Sun.
London, England, 1853-12-01 00:00:00

LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 1, 1853.

PRIZE CATTLE SHOW of the SMITHFIELD
CLUB.--The ANNUAL EXHIBITION of Prize Cattle, Seeds
Roots, Implements, &c., commences on TUESDAY Morning and
closes on Friday Evening, 6th, 7th, Bth, and 9th Deeember—Bazaar
King-street and Rater-street Open from daylight till nine in the
evening, Aamittance, One Shilling.

ITR. ALBERT SMITH'S MONT BLANC
IVIED OPEN for the SEASON on MONDAY EVENING,
December 5. Stalls can now be secured (without any extra charge)
at the Box-Office, Egyptian Hag, every day between Eleven and
Four.

A TKINSON and COMPANY, CABINET
MANUFACTURERS, UPHOLSTERERS, and CARPET
WAREHOUSEMEN. 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, and 75, Westminster-
bridge-road, Lambeth, London.

ATKINSON and COMPANY, DRAPERS,
SILK MERCERS, LACEMEN, &c., 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74,
and 75, Westminster-bridge-road, Lambeth, London.—Shawls, Furs,
Mantles, Family Mourning, &c.

BELLOT TESTIMONIAL FUND.
NAMES OF SUBSCRIBERS.
(Received at the apartments of the Royal Geographical Society,
Waterloo-place, up to Nov. 21.)
Hughes, H. W., Esq. .. 0 0
Hurry, Edward, Esq. .. 1 1 0
Hutchinson, Col. H. .. 1 0 0
Hutchinson, Hon. R. H. 1 0 0
Ick, Rev. W. H., Sygles-
thorpe 1 0 0
Inglefield, Capt. E. A.,
R.N., F.R.S., F.R.G.S. 5 0 0
Inglis, Sir R. H., Bart.,
M.P.,F.R.5., F.R.G.S. 5 0 0
Irving, Dr. E. G., R.N.,
F.R.G.S. 0 5 0
Irving, Thomas, Esq.,
F.R.G.S. .. • • 0 5 0
Jesse, Captain .. I I 6
Johnstone, Colonel Oleo. 1 1 0
Kaler, E. Esq. .. 0
William, Esq..

Sir Roderick I. Murchi-
son, D.C.L., M.A„
F.R.S., V.P.R.G.S.,
Chairman • • £25 0 0
Aberdeen, the Earl of,
K.T., M.A., F.R.S.,
F.R.G.S. .. • • 25 0 0
Acland, Sir Thomas D.,
Bart., M.P., F.R.S.,
F.R.G.S. .. 5 0
Addington, H. U., Esq. 5 0 0
Aitchison, Captain .. 3 3 0
Alston, Mr. A. H.
(Phoenix) .. 2 0 0
Angerstein, Col. J. J. W. 5 0 0
Anonymous, Llanelly,
per `•The Times" news-

1 0

the Gun-room officers,
one day's pay .. .. 2 16 6
Arrowsmith, John, Esq.,
F.R.G.S. 3 0 0
A ritin, Captain Horatio
T., C.B. .. 2 2 0
Bacon, Thomas, Esq. .. 1 0 0
Baillie, Alex., Esq. .. 5 0 0
Baillie, David, Esq.,
1.R.5., F.R.G.S. .. 5 0 0
Baker, Capt. Thomas,
H.C.S. 1 1 0
Barnett, Capt. Edward,
R. N., F.R.G.S. .. 1 0 0
Barrow, Sr Geo., Batt 5 0 0
Barrow, Henry, Esq. 1 1 0
Barrow, John, Esq.,
F.R.S., F.R.G.S. .. 20 0 0
Beaufort, Rear-Admiral
Sir F., K.O 8., F.R.S ,
F,R.G.S. .. 10 0 0
Becher, Captain A. 8.,
R.X., F.R.G.S. .. 1 1 0
Beechy, Captain W. F.,
R.N., F.R.S., F.R.G.S. 1 1 0
Bell, J. D., Esq. .. 1 1 0
Best, Capt. Hon. Thos. 1 1 0
Biggs, J , Esq. .. .. 2 2 0
Bird, Win, Wilberforce,
Esq., F.R.G.S. .. 5 0 0
Blair, Lieut.-Col. W. H.

S. .. • . 5 0 0
Borland, Dr., Inspector-
Gen. of Army Hospitals 1 1 0
Bowles, Vice-Admiral
Wm., C. 11., F.R.G.S. 5 0 0
Bourdin, M. .. 1 1 0
Boyd, Mark, Esq. .. 2 2 0
Bracebridge, C. R., Esq.,
G.S. .. • . 1 1 0
Breadalbane, Marquis of,
R.T , F.R.G.S. 20 0 0
Brent, Geo. S. Esq., De-
puty coroner for Mid-
dlesex, F.R.G.S 0 5 0
Brisbane, General Sir
Thos.M.,Bart.,G.C.B.,
G.It.G.S. .. 5 0 0
Brock, Capt. Thos., R.N. 0 10 0
Brockedon, Wm., Esq.,
.. 5 0 0
Brooking, T. H.. Esq.,
F.R.G.S. .. 5 0 0
Brown, John, Esq.,

F.R.G.S. .. 5 5 0
Brown, R., Esq., D.C.L.,
F.R.G.S. .. 5 0 0
Browne, Major-General
Sir Henry, K.C.11. .. 2 0 0
Buckingham, J. Silk,
Esq., F.R G.S. .. 1 1 0
Buckley, Lady Catherine 2 0 0
Calder, Alexander, Esq. 2 2 0I
Campbell, Captain, F.A..
R.N. .. .. .. 1 1 0
Campbell, Lieut.-Colonel
N., F.R,G.S. .. 2 2 0
Campbell, Major-Gene-

ral P., R.A. .. 2 0 0
Carr, Commr, Washing-
ton, R.N., F.R.G.S. • • 1 0 0
Carr, A., Esq , of Paris 1 0 0
C. C,, per Hoare and Co. 5 0 0
Chamberlain, Commr... 1 1 0
Charlewood, Capt. .. 1 1 0
Cherinside, Capt., B.A. 1 1 0
Clarendon, the arl of,

K.G., .. 25 0 0
Clerk, W., Esq... •• 1 1 0
Clive, Hon.Robert,M.P.,
F.R.G.S. .. 20 0
Coffin. Capt. Crawford.. 1 0 0
Colchester, the Right

Hon Lord. CaPt.R.N.,
F.P..G St- -- 5 0 0
Collier, C., Esq... .. 2 2 0
Combo, Harvey, Esq. .. 5 0 0
Commerill, Lieut., R.N. 10 0 0
Cooke, Commr. J., R.N. 1 1 0
Cooke, C. Chidley, Esq.,

F.R.G.S. .. .. 1 1 0
Copley, Sir J. W., Balt,

.. 25 0 0
Cotton, Capt. H. E., R.N. 2 0 0
Cracroft, Miss Sophia .. 2 0 0
Cracroft, Capt. R.N.,
F.R.G.S. .• .. 1 0 0
Cracroft, Mrs. Peter .. 2 0 0
Craigie, Capt Robert •• 1 0 0
Cresswell, Lieut., R.N.• • 2 0 0
Cumming 8., Esq. .. 0 5 0
Davis, Sir J. F., Bart.,
F.R.S., F.R.G.S. .. 5 0 0
Delafield, W., Esq. .• 5 0 0
Denman. Capt. the Hon.
J., R.N., F.R.G.S. •• 2 0 0
Devonshire, Duke of .. 25 0 0
Dickinson, F. H., Esq.,

• 1 0 0
Dilke, C. Wentworth,
Esq., F.R.G.S. .. 5 5 0
Dilke, C. W., Esq.,

G.S. .. 3 3 0
Dobinson, Wm., Esq. 1 1 0
Douglas, J. Stoddart,
Esq. . 10 10 0
Douglas, Col. Monteith,
C.B. .. 20 0 0
Dover, J. W., Esq„
F.R.G.S. 5 0 0
Dowue, The Viscount
F.R.G.S. .. 10 0 0
Drake, Capt. John, R.N. 1 0 0
Drummond, Mr. (Phoe-
nix) .. •• .. 010 0
Duff Gordon and Co .. 2 2 0
Duncombe, Hon. Ar.,
R.N. .. .. 5 0 0
Dundas, the Right Hon.
Sir David, F.R.G.S. 5 0 0
Durkin, H., Esq., • . 1 1 0
Edgell, Capt., R.N. • • 1 1 0
Edwards, Capt. H. • • 2 2 0
Eliott, Capt. Geo. Angs,
R.N. .. 1 0 0
Ellesmere, the Earl of
D.C.L., Pres. Royal
Geographical Society 25 0 0
Elliott, Lieut., R.N.
(['hcenix) .. 2 0 0
Evans, D. M., Esq. .. 1 1 0
Evans, Capt. G., R.N... 1 0 0
Easley & Boyes, Messrs, 2 2 0
Farley, Wm., Esq., Mas-
ter, R.N., Newton
Abbott ..
Faraday, M., -
F.R.S. .. 2 0 0
Farrer, Jag. Wm., Esq., 2 0 0
Fawckner, Mr. (Phoenix) 0 10 0
Fayrer, Cons. Robt. R.N.

1 00
Esq., _ _ _

1 0 0
Ferguson, R., Esq. 1 0 0
Fitzroy, Capt. R., R.N ,
F.R.S., F R.G.S 2 0 0
Forster, John, Esq., M.P 5 5 0
Fowler, R.N , Esq.,M.A.
F.R.G.S. ...... 1 1 0
Franklin, Lady...... 25 0 0
Gage, Admiral Sir Wm.
IL, G.C.H., K.C.8.,
F.R.G.S. .. • • • •
Gassiott, J. P., Esq ,
G'ell, Mrs.• •• • . • 1 1 0
Glocester and Bristol,
Bishop of.. • • • • • •
Glyn, G.C., Esq., M.P lO 0 0
Gordon, Capt. G. T., R.N. 1 1 0
Gordon, 11. G., Esq. • •
Gore, Rev. George 1 1 0
Gowen, J. R., Esq ,
F R.G.S. .... • • • • . 2 2 0
Graham, Right Hon. Sir
James, Bart, M.P.,
F.R.S., F R.G.S.• • • 25 0 0
Graham, Prof., F.R.S 3 3 0
Grattan, T. C., Esq 1 0
Griffith, C. Darby ...•
Grosso, Mr. R.... • • .... 2 0 0
Gurney, Miss Anna, of
N. Repps 5 0 01
Haden, F.S., Esq 2 2 0
Hakin, Commander, C.L. 1 0 0
Raiford, Rev. Thomas,
M.A., F R.G.S. 5 0 0
Halkett, P.A ,Esq., R.N 2O 0 0
F.R S., F.R.G.S 1 1 0
Hamilton,llHarker,aaaFFaßrn..ttGS als,
rk.
sarEi Capt.
aTo. PhRl 0::
el•sw:
(Phoenix)
I RR:
NITA..•••• 521
021
0:
Harposel, F. R.. Esq.
0111 11011
0000
Harris, G. F., Esq,,
Hawley-, Mr. (Phoenix)
Hay, John H., Esq. • • 3 3 0
H.E. 1 1 0
Herbert, Rear-Admiral
Sir Thomas, M.P.,
K.C.8., F.R.G.S. • • 5 0 0
Hicks, J , Esq., M.R.I. 1 1 0
Hiagins, M. J., Esq.
Hills, Mr. (Phcenix)
Hobbs J. S., Esq ,
•• 1 1 0
F.R.G.S.Holland, Sir H., M.D.,
F.R.S., F.R.G.S. •• 5 5 0
Holman, Dr. (P/KeHlx) • • 2 0 0
Hopkinson, W., Esq. • • 0 10 0
Ditto for the family 0 10 0
1 0 0
Horner, Rev. J. M.
How,HHouEwd:isdaworenadn deCR
sat
pp.
tt. h
n. jotn..:.
Lord
do
10
011
000

Kmfdtzen, Gorgan,
Laird, M'Gregor, Esq.,
F.R.G.S. 0 0
Lansdowne, the Marquis
of .. • • .. 20 00
Lee, Thomas, Esq.,
F.R.G.S. .. • . 1 0 0
Leigh, Right Hon. T. P. 10 0 0
Levesque, Peter, Esq.,
F.R.G.S. .. • • 10 0 0
T.lndsay, H. H., Esq. .. 1 1 0
Lloyd, —, Esq. .. 1 1 0
Lloyd, T. Davies, F,sq. 1 1 0
Londesborough, Lord,

5 0 0

F.R.S., F.h.O.S. .. 25 0 0
Luce, J. T., Esq. •• 1 0 0
M'Cormlck,Dr.(Phtenix) 2 0 0
M`Donnell, Mr. (Phoenix) 1 0 0
Maitland, Vice-Admiral

the Hon. Sir Anthony 5 0 0
Majendie, Ashuret, Esq.,

F.G.S. .. • • 5 0 9
Majendie, Mrs. Ashurst 1 0 0
Malmesbury, the Earl of S 0 0
Mangles, Capt. J., R.N.,
F.R.S., F.R.G.S. • • 5 0 0
Manson, Mr. Donald
(Phoenix) ..
Mare, C. J., Esq.

• • 0 5 0
..50 o 0

Martin, Rer. J.
F.R.G.S. .. • • I 1 0
bierivale, Berman, Esq„

F.R.G.S.

Mills, E. W., Esq.
Milne, Alex,, Esq.,

•• 2 0 0
.. 10 0 0

P.R.G.S. .. 2 0 0
Mocatta, F. D., Esq„

F R.G.S. .. .. 1 1 0
Molyneux, Commander
W. 11. • • • • 1 1 0
Moore, Major A. .. 5 0 0
Moorsom, Rear-Admiral 1 1 0
Moraut, George, Esq. 2 2 0
Morgan, Lieut. W. G.
H., R.N., H.M.S.,Pre-
sident . • • ..5 0 0
Mundy, Admiral Sir
George, K.C.B. .. 5 0 0
Murray, John, Esq.,
F.R.G.S. .. • • 10 10 0
Norcliffe, Colonel •• 1 1 0
Ommaney, Capt. E.,
R.N., F.R.G.S. •• 2 2 0
Ommaney, M. C., Esq. 1 1 0
Otway, Commander Rob.

Jocelyn, R.N. .. 10 0 0
Otway, Sir George, Bart. 1 i 0
Outram, Sir Benjamin,
C. 8., F.R S., F.R.G.S. 5 5 0
Ouvry, Frederick, Esq. 1 1 0
Overstone, Lord, M.A.,
Pres. S.S., F.R.G.5... 25 0 0
Owen, Mr. (Pheenix) .. 0 10 0
Paget, Captain Lord
Clarence, R.N. .. 5 0 0
Pakington, Right Hon.
Sir .1" Bart M P

.: 5 0 0
Pallinson, ILL., F.R.S. 5 5 0
Palmer, Mr. (Phoenix).. 0 is 0
Parish, Sir Woodbine,
K.C.11., F.R.G.S. .. 5 5 0
Parker, Capt. John .. 1 0 0
Parr, T. Clements, Esq. 2 2 0
Parry, Rear-Admiral Sir
E., D.C.L., F.R.S.,
F.R.G.S. .. 3 3 0
Pasley, Lieut.-Gen. Sir
Chas., R.E., K.C.8.,
F.R.S., F.R.G.S. .. 5 0 0
Pasley, Capt. Sir T. S., _ _ _

1 0 0
Peacockc, Colonel T. .. 5 5 0
Pearce, Stephen, Esq. .. 2 0 0
Perigal, F., Esq... .. 1 1 0
Potrio, Sarnoel, Earl. . 9 0
Phillips, T. J., Esq. .. 1 1 0
Phoenix, H. M. steamer
(ship's crew) .. .. 2 3 7
Pinhorn, W., Esq. •• 1 1 0
Playfair, Dr. Lyon, C. 8., _

F.R.S. 2 2 0
Pole, Major .. 1 1 0
Ponza, Charles, Esq. .. 3 3 0
Portlock, Lieut.-Colonel
J. E., F.R.S., F.R.G.S. 1 1 0
Pottinger, Lieut.-Col. W. 1 1 0
Fowles, J. D., Esq. .. 10 0 0
Prescott, Rear-Admiral

Henry, C.B. .. 2 2 0
Probyn, Capt. G., R.N... 1 1 0
Pynn, Major-General Sir
Henry 5 0 0
Radstock, Rear-Admiral
Lord,C.B , F.R.G 5... 3 3 0
Ramadan, Frank, Esq... 1 1 0
Raper, Henry, Esq.,R.N.,

F.R.G.S. 1 0 0
R. D. •• 1 0 0
Registrar-General of
Seamen .. 1 1 0
Renouard, Rev. G. C.,
8.D., F.R G.S. • • 1 0 0
Renwick, Mr. (Phcenix) 0 10 0
Rich, Commr. H., R.N. 1 1 0
Richards, Mr. (rhcenix) 1 0 0
Rodger, W., Esq. 2 2 0
Roget, Dr. P. M., F.R.S.,

F.R.G.S. .: 1 1 0
Roscow, Commander .. 1 0 0
Rous, Rear-Admiral the
Ron. U. J., F.R.G.S. 10 otl
Royal Artillery(Non•com-

assioned Officers em•
ployed in Col. Sabine's
office). One day's pay 2 10 0
Russell, Lord John, M.P.,
F.R.S., F.R.G.S. .. 20 0 0
Russell, J. Watts, Esq.,
D.C.L.,17; F.R.S., F.R.
G.S. • • • • .. 3 3 0
Sabine, Colonel Edward,
R.A ,F.R S., F.R.G.S. 5 0 0
Sainsbury, J., Esq., "the
Collector and Proprie-
tor of the Napoleon
Museum" • • .. 10 10 0
Do., towards the family

fund • • .. .. 10 10 0
St. David's, Bishop of .. 5 0 0
Salomons, Mr. Aldennan
David, F.R.G.S. .. 25 0 0
Sandwith, Lieut.-Gen.,
F.R.G.S. • • .. 1 1 0
Saurin, Rear-Admiral
Edward •• 2 • 0
Sewell, Fox, and Sewell,
Messrs. .. 3 3 0
Simpkinson, Lady .. 1 1 0
Simpkinson, J. M., Esq. 5 0 0
Slade, Felix, Esq. .. 5 0 0
Smith, Newman, Esq... 2 0 0
Smith, E. Osborne, Esq.,

F.R.G.S. • • 1 1 0
Smyth, Rear-Admiral
W.R., K.S.F., D.C.L.,

F.R d.S. .. 1 0 0
SothV, Capt. E. S 1 0 0
Spence, William, Esq ,
F.R.G.5........... • • 5 0 0
Spencer, Rear-Adm. the

Earl, K.G.,C.8.,F.R.5, 25 0 0
Stanton, George, Esq... 1 1 0
Stanton,Mr. (Pncenla).. 2 0 0
Stanton, C. H. Esq • ....• 010 0
Staunton, Sir G. T., Bt. 5 0 0
Steele, Lieut.-Col. 'Thos.,
2-‘R.G.s••• •• •• .•• .. 2 2 0
mlrllng.Rear-Adm.Sir.T. 1 0 0
stokes, Capt. J. Lort,
R.N., F.R.G.S. 1 1 0
Sykes, Vice-Adm. •John 2 0 0
Tatham, Com. Edward 1 1 0
Thomas, Vice Admiral
Richard •3 0 0
Thompson, Capt. T.
•
Telver, S., E5q..... ~ 1 1 0
Townshend, J. V. S., Egg 1 1 0
Tow, U. E.
F.R.ry , En, G
S.
Tremenhere, Seymour,
Esq. .....
~ 1 1 0
Trevelyan, Sir W. C.,
Bart., M.A. F.R.G.S. 5 0 0
Tudor, Henry, Esq 2 2 0
Tudor, Edward Owen,
Esq., F.R.G.S .. 2 2 0
Turner, Henry, E5q,.... 5 0 0
Urquhart, James, Esq. 2 2 0
Vaughan, Col. Wright .. 1 1 0
Vernon, John, Esq. 25 0 0
" Vivent lea Bellots" • 2 0 0
Vyner, Robert, Esq. • • 5 0 0
Waite, J. C., Esq. • • 1 1 0
Waley, S. W., Esq. .. 1 1 0
Walker, Capt. Robertson 2 2 0
Walker, Captain W. 11.,
H.C.S., F.R.G.S. • • 22 0
Washington, Capt. John
F.R
E5q.,5.,F11.G..S . 1 F.R.G.S. 2 21
00
Weld, C. R.,
West, Admiral Sir John 5 0 0
Walston, Rev. Robert .. 1 1 0
Wilkinson, Conrad, Esq. 2 2 0
Wilkinson, Horace, Esq. 2 2 0
.vilkinson, Norman, Esq. 1 1 0
Wilkinson, William, Esq. 1 1 0
'Warns Rev. D., D.C.L.,
F.R.G.S. • • .. 1 1 0
Willicb, Chas. M., Esq.,
F.R.G.S. • • • • 1 1 0
Winslow,l Dr. Forbes,
D.C.L. • • .. .. 3 0 0
Wood, Sir W. P. .. 5 0 0
Wynniatt, Lieutenant
(Phcenia) .. 2 0 0
Young, T., Esq., F.G.S. 5 0 0
Younghusband, Captain
R.A., F.R S. .. 1 0 0

Subscriptions are received by Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co., 54,
Lombard-street ; Bouverie, Murdock, and Co., 11, Haymarket ;
Messrs. Glyn, Mills, and Co., 67, Lombard-street : Messrs. Coutts and
Co., 59, Strand ; Messrs. Drummond and Co., 49, Charing-cross ;
Messrs. Ommanney and Co., 40, Charing-Cross ; Cocks, Biddulph,
and Co., 43, Charing-cross (Treasurers) ; and at the Apartments of
the Royal Geographical Society, 3, Waterloo-place.

B IRMINc,'- HAM WATER WORKS.
NOTIC 'ls HEREBY GIVEN, That a Special General Meeting
of the Proprietors of the Birmingham Water Works will be holden
at the OfP,ces of the Company, Paradise-street, Birmingham, on
FRIDAY, the 23d day of December next, at Eleven o'Clock to the
forenoon, when the Bill, for leave to bring which into Parliament
!tpplication is intended to be made in the ensuing session, will be
submitted to the Proprietors for their approval.
By order of the Directors. '
ARNOLD &- WELCH,
Solicitors to the Company,

Birmingham, Nov. 30, 1853.

WINE and BRANDY, of a genuine and excellent character.
MESSRS. BULLOCK are directed to include
in their PERIODIC AL FURNITURE SALE, NEXT
SATURDAY, at their Rooms, 211, High Holborn, about 120 dozen
of various WlNES—viz., crusted Port, some yearn in bottle, gold-
colour and pale Sherry, West India Madeira, Claret, and Lachrymw
Christi ; also a few cases of pale French Brandy.
Sample bottles (on payment) and catalogues (gratis) may be had
two days prior.

TO LOVERS of FISE3.-100 REAL YAR-
MOUTH BLOATERS for 65., package included. The above
forwarded to all parts on receipt of
penny postage sumps, or Post-
office order (preferred), for the amount.—Addrels, THOMAS
LETTIS, Jun., Fish Curer, Great Yarmouth.

THE HOME COUNTIES AND METRO.
POLITAN FREEHOLD LAND SOCIETY.
Office-14, Chatham-place, Blackfriars
Members enrolled Daily. Office hours 10 to on Thursday
eveninge from 7 to 9.

PRESIDENT.
Lord Dudley Coutts Stuart, M.P.
VICE•PRESIDE NTS.
Apsley Pellatt, Esq., M.P. William Ewart, Esq,,
TRIISTEEs.
Apsley Pellatt, Esq., M.P. William Ewart, 'Dab, M.P.
John Williams, Esq.
Shares, £3O each. Entrance Fee Is. Sub3Crlptior, One Shilling
per Share Weekly.
The Directors call special attention to the class of estates that are
purchased for allotment amongst the members of society. Tile
one at Wood-green (now almostallotted) uctnowl4lge,3 to be cute
vrthe ntnst eligible for bmlaing ptirpoS.ts yet distributtd by any Land
Society; and a further purchase in Wimbledon-park .hae just been
effected, fully equal, if not superie,r, to the one at W:5011-green, ad-
mirably adapted for first class villas.
There is now an opportunity, either by paying up Shikres, or taking
them, to get Ballot-rights of acquiring plots ou this highly eligible
and profitable estate.
Ballots take place Monthly.

Office —l4, Chatham-place, BlackfriarHENßY KNIGHT, Secretary.s.

THOMAS SALT and CO.,
EAST INDIA PALE ALE BREWERS,
BURTON-ON-TRENT.
STORES.
London-- ~.. •.. 22, Hungerford-wharf.
Liverpool
Manchester •••••• 37, Brown-street.
Birmingham
Bristol Back Hall, Baldwin-street.
Nottingham 14, Milton-street.
Dublin .. .......... .. 4, Crown-alley.
Edinburgh ......• .... 17, Downie-place.
Dundee • • 13, New Inn Entry, Illgh-street.

CITY OF LONDON COMMISSION.

The Royal Commissioners re-assembled yesterday, in the
offices of the Treasury, Downing-street, and resumed their
investigation into the state of the City corporation, Com-
missioners present : Right Hon. Mr. Labouchere (the chair-
man) and Mr. Cornewall Lewis.
The first witness called at this sitting was—
Captain
F. Bullock, R.N., who stated that he had been
employed by the Board of Admiralty to survey the rivers
Thames and Medway, and held that appointment from the
year 1830 to 1853. I re-surveyed the Medway on -account
of certain representations which had been made,to the Ad-
miralty by Mr. Gooden.
The Chairman—What is your opinion of the condition
of the Thames ?

Captain Bullock--I have no data by which to compare
what its state is with what it was.
The Chairman—Eave you any means of knowing whether
the duties of conservancy have or have not been efficiently
discharged ?
Captain Bullock—l do not know what are the duties of
the corporation, and therefore cannot give an opinion.
Mr. C. Lewis—Can you describe the actual state of the I
river with respect to the navigation ?
Captain Bullock—There are many shoals in the river
which have not been removed, and which cause an obstruc-
tion to the navigation, if that is the object of your ques-
tion. Having been called before a previous committee, I
understood that the City had no power to remove the
shoals ' • and I must say that more has been done for the
river by the City in this generation than has been done
before, because I was certainly employed under the direc-
tion of the solicitor of the corporation to report on the best
means of improving the River Thames. I accordingly ex-
amined the river in 1842 with Mr. Walker, and I now
hand in a copy of my report.
The Chairman—Do yon know if the recommendations of
of your report were carried. out?
Captain Bullock—They were not, and for this reason. A
bill was introduced into Parliament in 1845-6 for the pur-
pose of carrying out my recommendations, but the measure
was opposed and thrown out.
The Chairman—Could none of the recommendations bo
carried out without an act of Parliament ? .
Captain Bullock—l believe the City had not the power,
nor would the Trinity Board have allowed the el,nsils td
removed, because they claim the material of which they
are composed for ballast. The Admix...Hy isZottu hare
power to remove the shoals, and I do not know but that
it would have opposed the work.
The Chairman—Do you mean that it is a matter of dis-
pute with whom the duty lies of removing the shoals near
the port of London ?

C4tain Bullock—Certainly. There is no comparison
between the state of the river Thames and the Medway.
The Thames has been embanked throughout its course from
time immemorial, and protected by acts of parliament ;
but the Medway, on the contrary, runs between marshes,
and the land on these marshes is gradually being lowered
more and more every year.
Mr. C. Lewis—Are there no traces of there ever having
been an embankment of the Medway ?
Captain Bullock—Yes ; but now it is all broken down,
and the cost of repairing it would be enormous.
The Chairman—ls the navigation of the Near** gra-
dually becoming worse ?
Captain Bullock—Oh, no ; the navigation is perfect.
We have found no fault with it for some years ; but it is
on the banks and the unprotected marsh lands that the
injury has been done. These marsh lands are private
property. I have no particular knowledge on the sub-
ject of the signal lights which the Admiralty and the cor-
poration of London require steam-vessels to display on the
river Thames.

The witness then withdrew.
Mr. Frederick Whistler, wine importer, Size-lane? Buck-
lersbury, said that he had carried on business in that
neighbourhood for forty-six years, and was a freeman and
liveryman of the Merchant Tailors' Company: He had
often been requested to become a Common Councilman,
and an alderman's gown had been offered to him, but
he had never been able to spare time to undertake the
office.

The Chairman—Are there any points connected with
your trade on which you wish to speak of the conduct of
the corporation ?
Mr. Whistler—l hardly think there arc. There are cer-
tainly what are called the orphans' dues, amounting to
2s. 4d. on every pipe of wine, levied by the corporation,
and to which I make no objection, but it is one of the
sources of the City revenue as well as the metage which
has been so often referred to. This metage on a small
package sometimes amounts to 2d., and when I once ap-
plied to the City Solicitor to know if there was any tariff
for the guidance of the meters, I was referred by him to
the meter. The meter told me that there was only an old
Act of James 11., and said that, as the coasting trade had
to pay 2d. for every sack of potatoes, he did not think the
importers of foreign goods had any right to complain of
the metage levied from them. I come here with a desire
that the City Corporation may have justice done to it,
differing with many Witnesses who have preceded me, but
who I have no doubt stated their own sincere convictions.
I think it would be a great injustice to sweep away the
rights and in_munities of the City. Great reform is, no
doubt, wanted. Improvement in the City goes on at a
very slow pace. Another bridge is particularly necessary
at present, and if the corporation does not come to a de-
cision on that point soon the traffic—which has for a long
time been over-crowded—will be brought to a total stand-
still. I wish to bear testimony to the excellent arrange-
ments of the present City police force. Under the system
of the old watchmen I used to pay 101. per annum, but
under the present night and day police—which is a most
effective force—the cost is reduced to 51. There are no
shoals in the river Thames which ought to be particularly
complained of. There is one at Limenouse Reach, where
the bank runs far into the river; but the City, a few
years ago, instead of allowing a fleet of colliers to remain
close together, had them distributed into twos and threes,
and there is a very free navigation now. With regard to
the General Steam Navigation Company, it runs its large
ships sometimes even at low water ; but it ought not to
expect to be able to bring up its heavy ships when the
tide is so low. I think the regulation of the City requir-
ing ships to have a light at the bowsprit heads is very com-
mendable, as the Admiralty only orders lights to be placed
on the paddle-wheels and at the mast-head, Therefore I
only regret that the City has not prosecuted, in order to
enforce its regulation.
The Chairman—You are not a ship owner yourself, are
you?
Mr. Whistler—No, but I have a good deal to do with
shipping. Complaints have been made that there are not
sufficient lightermen or enough small craft in the river for
unloading, but the fact is that there are upwards of 6,000
licensed and qualified men who have served their time on
the water, and they are able to steer the craft. It is ne-
cessary that these men should know the currents and
shoals, and the general course of the river, and I believe it
is understood at Lloyd's that if loss arises through their
ignorance, the underwriters are not liable for it. With
respect to the City magistracy, I have never heard of a
complaint against the manner in which the aldermen exer-
cise their judicial functions during the whole 46 years I
have lived in the City. Their fitness as magistrates has
been eulogised by the highest judges of the land. With
all respect to the country justices, they could not be com-
pared with aldermen who had resided for years in London.
At the same time, aldermen being elected for life, if their
private affairs fell into a dilapidated condition, they re-
mained magistrates, dispensing justice to their fellow men
when they might themselves be under the lash of the
law. Great complaints are made that there is not a higher
class of persons in the Common Council, and it is to be la-
mented that the fact is so. At the same time, there are
many tradesmen there who, although not so wealthy as
some of the great merchants, yet are equally respectable ;
and the freedom of the City being obtainable at a mere
nominal expense, it is surprising that the great merchants
have not paid so small a sum, and rendered themselves
eligible for the Common Council. However, they do not
take that course, and as it is desirable that the corporation
should contain an admixture of members from different
positions in life, there is hardly any other mode of attain-
ing that end than by abolishing the system of taking up the
freedom, and assimilating the municipal franchise to the
parliamentary. Then, if those gentlemen who now com-
. plain of the Lordpilkor's show happened to be elected,

they ought. to be fined if they refused to serve.
The consolidated rates of the City, which are
applied for the purposes of the sewers, are very
heavy and excessive ; and, generally, a greater control
over the finances of the City is necessary. This object
would be accomplished by doing away with the freedom,
and by bringing into the council gentlemen who have
hitherto.stood aloof from it. In the city of London, and
I speak from positive knowledge, we have not water suffi-
cient. The supply is, however, good enough in quality,
and is from the New River. It is a disgrace to the city of
London that we have not better markets. Liverpool and
Manchester have far outdone the City in this respect.
Leadenhall and Newgate markets especially are in a very
shameful condition. The livery companies should under-
go great alterations.
The Chairman—We are not authorised to enter into
that subject.

Mr. Thomas Rogers was the next witness examined. He
stated, I am a solicitor, practising in the city of London,
and have been so for thirty years. I was once a common
councilman, but do not hold that office now. I am a livery-
man of the Spectacle-makers' Company. With regard to
the working of the corporation, I may say that its pro-
ceedings are conducted very much in tho :anie manner as
those of the House of Commons. It is presided over by
the Lord Mayor, who takes the votes in the divisions, and
acts of the council are passed from time to time, when
such legislation is necessary. Some time ago such an act
was passed, reducing the number of the members of the
common council from 240 to 206 or 203, I served on two
committees myself when I was a member of the corpora-
tion. Those committees were the corn, coal, and finance
committee, and the committee for general purposes. The
committees can call any paid officer of the corporation be-
forethem to assist their deliberations. The navigation
committee, although they have no merchants among them,
are assisted by the harbour-masters. The committees are
also advised on legal questions by the town-clerk, the City
solicitor, and the City conveyancer. Their meetings are
held with closed doors, and their divisions are not pub-
lished, but their minutes are. The rules of the court re-
quire a member to have served two years on a committee
before he can be elected as its chairman. I myself re-
ceived no allowance while I served on the committees.
2001. was, however, voted to the general purposes commit-
tee, and another 200 g. to the corn, coal, and finance com-
mittee. The chairman allows five minutes after the
hour of meeting to elapse for the members to arrive, and
after that time all members coming in late are excluded
from the monthly dinners. There is only one dinner a
month, and the committee meet four or five times between
each dinner.

Mr. C. Lewis—Do you think the dinner system a good
one for these committees ?

Mr. Rogers—l do. It tends to bring men of various
kinds to act on the committee who otherwise would not
do so. Many persons who are engaged in business leave
their private concerns to attend the committees, where
they remain long after their dinner hour has passed. The
chairman of a committee has a right to invite two friends
to these dinners of the committee.
• Mr. C. Lewis —ls the attendance at the committees
greater than usual on the day when there are dinners ?
Mr. Rogers—No doubt of it. The committees produce
blue-books which would not disgrace Parliament. The
aldermen have the conduct of the various wards, where
they set an admirable example of public charity. In my
own ward, if Alderman Copeland has given away It., I
believe he has given away 10,000/.
The Chairman—You mean that these are private chari-
ties ?
Mr. Rogers—Yes. The magisterial duties of the alder-
men are satisfactorily performed. They are assisted on
the bench by professional assessors, and they attend for
three months in the year a very good school, sitting as
they do on the bench with the Queen's judges at the Cen-
tral Criminal Court. They have greater opportunities
than country magistrates for qualifying themselves for
the proper discharge of their judicial duties. The ability'
displayed by Alderman Gibbs, when he presided at the
Mansion-house was most admirable, and it was delight-
ful to see the rapid manner in which he seized at a
glance on the salient points of the case. I believe that
the aldermen cannot legally be superseded in their ma-
gisterial functions. By a charter of Edward IV., the
Lord Mayor and aldermen are constituted judges of
Oyer and Terminer. During Lord Melbourne's ad-
ministration, the Government of the day 'brought in
a bill for the purpose of incorporating the City police
in the general metropolitan police system. The City
objected to the measure, petitioned against it, and set
themselves strenously to oppose it. With this view they
stationed the town clerk in Palace-yard, gave him a large
body of their assistants, and instructed him to commu-
nicate with every corporation in the kingdom. The con-
sequence was that by the influence of the country corpo-
ritions the Minister of the day found his support fall
sway like a rope of sand, and the measure was therefore
abandoned.

Mr. C. Lewis—What was the representation that was
made to the country magistrates by tho town clerk ?
Mr. Rogers—That an attempt was being made to strip
them of part of their functions as justices of the peace.
Mr. C. Lewis—How did the country corporations in•
fluence the Government ?

Mr. Rogers—lt is not for me to say how it was done,
but it was done. We all know how country corporations
influence members of Parliament. There is a sort of free-
masonry that goes on.
The Chairman—ls there anything in point of principle
which ought to deter the Legislature, if it thinks it would
be for the public advantage, from dealing with the city of
London, as regards the magistracy and the police, in. tkp
same..inanner as with the rest' of the metropolis ?
, Mr. Rogers—l can only say that there are charters
_ • • , •1

The Chairman—But were there not also charters in the
case of the country corporations when they were dealt
with by the Municipal Reform Act ?
Mr. Rogers—No • or at least there were none going
further back than the reign of Charles.

The 611;;;:a7,1—Well,- but do you mean to say that a
charter of King Edward is more to be respected than one
of King Charles ?
Mr. Rogers—Yes, because there is longer usage.
The Chairman—We will not discuss the point. That
will do.
The next witness examined was

Mr. W. E. Hickson, who stated that he was the author of
various articles in the Westminster Review (which had been
reprinted and published as pamphlets) treating of the sub-
ject of the corporation of the city of London and municipal
institutions for the metropolis generally—a question to
which he had devoted great attention. He had been once
commercially connected with the City, but he was not now
and had net been for nearly 15 years. He was, however,
still a ratepayer of the parish of St. Dunstan's, Fleet-street,
the heavy local rates connected with which painfully re-
minded him every year of the necessity for such a. commis.
sion as he ras now addressing.
The Chairman—State to us generally what you conceive
to be the 4efects of the present system.
Mr. Hickson—The object I have always had in view has
not been sq much to make out a case against the corpora-
tion of London as to demonstrate the necessity for a bet-
ter system of local government for the city of London, and
for the City in its relation to the whole metropolitan con-
stituency. Ido not believe that any general charge of
personal corruption can apply to the members of either the
Court of Common Council or the Court of Aldermen,
which may be regarded as a fair average of the middle
class of Great Britain and Ireland. The real gist of the
matter is that we are eaten up in the City with establish.
ment expenses. The system of divided management and
conflicting jurisdictions has been carried out in the City to
the reductio ad a,bsurdunt and the remedy does not lie in
the reform of individual cases of corruption and abuse,
but in a consolidation of useless expenses and a general
simplification. The case is like that of a man who, having
a large property left to him, should call in all his neigh-
bours to assist him in the management of it, and at the
end of the year he finds very little remaining for himself
as the proprietor, and even perhaps a heavy bill for ex-
penses brought in against him. Ido not believe there is a
single city in the wOrld, except the city of London, where
the local burdens ought to be so light, but where they are
so overwhelming as they are at the present moment. I
say this with reference to the direct taxation, in the shape
of local rates, and also in reference to the indirect taxa-
tion, and to the immense trust estates, which ought to be
available for municipal objects. In the mode of keeping the
accounts the same system of divided management
Qxhi-
bits itself. No persons who have not studied the subject
for years can at all get a comprehensive view of the
financial affairs of the corporation of the city of London,
such as can be easily obtained by devoting a fewmoments'
attention to the accounts of any large municipalityo the on tne
Continent, or in this country since the passing .
Mu-
nicipal Reform Act. The account of the City estates re-
lates principaliy to rents collected from real property in
possession of the corporation, and to the
dues • which together come
proceeds of the 4d
coal duty, and of the market
this year to about 200,0001. When tion said the
was last sitting, the officers of the corpora
'the royal commission
drove a distinction
capacity was 150,000/. ; and they
were
orate
in-
come for which the City was answerableew in a corporate
not sufficiently on
(re-
specting which the commissioners;
responsiblecalled &lithos corporate
y administer saternnder acts of
estates, for which they. _lir:
their guard) between what they
commissioners, who
This • wof the case made great impression
Parliament. vie
body, and the funds which t
therefore
on the minds of the 19conimi management Of that
passed very lightly over the _
of the City's d for which specific acts of Parliament
fun d
re irted that the income of
ni
had been passed, ' the cor-
At that time it was perfectly 148,111 •
poration was 3' the
known to the officers of corporation and others who
took an active pformer
tionconsidered of London ought to financially respon-
sible for an income, from all sources, of something like
600,000/. per annum,. instead of 148,000/. When Lord
Brougham stated the income of the City at 600,0001. in the
House of Lords, the statement was received with shouts
of incredulity, and that noble and learned lord was
afterwards waited upon and told that it was nothing of
the kind, and that the corporate estates only yielded
150,0001. a year. The consequence was that the City
reformers have since that time lain under the stigma of
having grossly exaggerated the receipts of the cor-
poration ; whereas the misapprehension arises from the
minute subdivision of the accounts, owing to which even
the members of the corporation themselves know nothing
of the matter. Upwards of sixty different accounts pass
through the Chamberlain's office, and this is the cause of
the immense discrepancy between the statements of the
corporate income made out of doors and those made by the
corporate officers. In the City estate accounts there is
scarcely an item which is not calculated to mislead. Be-
ginning with the legal and establishment expenses, thereai
is, for instance, the Lord Mayor, who it appears,,i.s.p d
out of the City cash 6,0001. a year, and persoajllstrekial
superficial view would conclude that that washat he receives
Mayor's income. But in addition
to
t making the real
2,0001. in fees at the Mansion-house,
t at all appear in the
j salary 8,0001; but this 2,000/,
does no
'Lain the office of
accounts of the City estate. Then, again,
b t h
ut 1 000/. a year ; u t ere
City tradesman is worth and it
Illy appears that he re-
is no account of this sum, and it o
then 251., and several
ceives first 61., then Si., then 141.,
andclerks'
coin.
such like sums. The report of the officers' cenrsmarchast,
last, gave
mittee, presented to the corpo.ratio i
emoluments, as re-
' the total amount of fixed salaries and
turned by the different officers themselves, at. 55,0001. a
e Now, this statement is in every respect incomplete.
year. Now,
neither the salary nor emoluments of the Lord
Mayor. Take another branch of the expenditure. The
City commissioner of police receives 1,000/ a year, but

r PRICE SD.

his salary is also omitted from the account. Take another
branch. The City district surveyors, whose fees are con-
siderable, are omitted; and with regard to the office of
the met era, the charges generally are omitted. In fact,
from the return of salaries and fees of officers, a total of no
less a sum than 50,0001. is entirely omitted. Here is au
estimate based also upon the returns of the officers them-
selves in the year 1833 :
PATRONAGE OF THE LONDON CORPORATION.
A statement of the cost to the public, in the year 1833,
of the officers and clerks of the London corporation, in sa-
laries, fees, and office allowances, from returns signed by
the officers themselves, and presented by them to the reve-
nue committee of the Court of Common Council in 1835 :
Legal staff, consisting of appointments held
by solicitors, barristers, proctors, and at-
torneys' clerks
State officers :—the Lord Mayor, chamber-
lain, sheriffs, yeomen, trumpeters, 24,187 2 9
Officers of customs and market dues 29,338 12 8
Officers of city gaols 4,330 7 2
Officers of public works 5,403 12 5
Miscellaneous officers, including hall-
keepers, beadles, Irish Society, --port of
London, &c

....... : ......... 9,653 5 3

980 19 10
This return even was incomplete at the time it2llo, was made.
It has been generally supposed that things have been much
improved in this respect since 1835 ; but this impression is
erroneous. Since that time some offices have been abo-
lished, and some uew ones created, and in some instances
compensation salaries have been paid in lieu of fees which
did not pass through the City accounts. In 1835 the fees
of officers amounted to 70,000/. a year, which did not at all
pass through the City accounts.
The Chairman—Do you include metage dues ?
Mr. Hickson—l mean fees as distinct from dues. Now
those fees are considerably reduced, and there have been
some attempts made at consolidation, but altogether the
amount of salaries and fees, as far as I can satisfy myself on
the subject, is at present not less, but in fact considerably
more than it was in 1835. I cannot undertake to state the
exact amount, but my belief is, that 120,0001. is much
within the mark for the present salaries and emoluments
of the officers of the corporation. These sums sometimes
pass into the hands of the chamberlain and appear in the
City accounts, but that is not the general rule. The ques-
tion of compensation to officers is one of the firstlwhich the
commissioners will be called on to decide, because it is very
hard to call on the members and officers of any body to
make a case against themselves. In procuring returns,
the amount of each officer's salary and emoluments does
not represent the whole case ; it is necessary to obtain also
the amount of the expenses of each office • because the
salary of the chamberlain, for instance, is 2,5001., but there
is a further sum paid of 2,100/. a-year for the chief clerk
and the under clerks, who practically do the real work of
the office. So, again, with the case of the town clerk,
whose salary and fees amount to 1,8921., but thereis a fur-
ther charge for office expenses• of 2,7801., showing the total
expense of the town clerk's office to be really 4,6791. The
same rule applies more or less to all the other officers of the
corporation. There is generally a salary to each officer,
then ceitain fees, and over and above all that there• is as
much more for the expenses of the offices andfor stationary
as would be considered sufficient in any other municipality
in the kingdom for salaries and all extras. I think it de-
sirable to put in an abstract of the accounts of the muni-
cipality of Leeds by way of comparison. The 'population
of Leeds amounts to 172,270, and the inhabited houses to
12,805. The total municipal expenses for the year ending
Sept. 1, 1853, for the boroughof Leeds were 17,603/. 68.3 d.,
including 8,7371.195. 3d. for police, and 1,259/. 17s. 4d. for
salaries and allowances. The Leeds account does not include
paving, cleansing, lighting, and. poor-rates ' • but the accounts
which I also hand in of the (parish of St. Marylebone em-
brace each of those charges. The accounts of St. Maryle-
bone are remarkably comprehensive, as the vestry has
greater powers than the city of London, and possesses the
management of seven different churches and chapels,
receives the pews-rents, pay the ministers and lecturer,
their stipends and visitation fees out of , the general fund,
also administers the .poor-rates .of that extensive parish.
The population of the parish of •St. Marylebone is 154696,
the inhdbited houses 15,826, and the area 1,490 acres (which
is twice the area of the city of London, which is divided
into ild different parishes). The total expenditure of St.
Marylebone is 148,5301. The expense of police (although
the area watched is double that of the city) is less by one-
half than it is in the city. I will now lay before the com-
missioners an account of the city revenues. It is as
follows
:
CITY REVENUES.
An account, and in part an approximate estimate of the
sums collected for public and charitable objects by dif-
ferent local bodies within the city Of London, for the
year, 1852 :

INDIRECT TAXATION.
4d. duty on coals (net), 57,5911. 10s, ; Bd.
ditto, 113,5591. 3s. 3d. ; ld. dittO, '•••
14,297/.175. Gd 185,,448 1,0! 9
Market dues ‘40,r98 0 11
Street tolls, as farmed, 5,810/. ; contrac-•
tors' profit (say one-quarter), 1,450!.
Corn duos—

:40,,, ~...,1\
and the father loans secured up o
tax
since
1403 ;
prospective receipts of the Bd. coal tax are as followel,.._A\4
For New Belton-street, Long-acre ; New fiord- '''';'3,'7,e!' •- . Z
street, and New-street from London D tito ' .'"-'7.,;,:ii- I'
Spitalfields
Ditto ...................................................... ...: 100,900,-4,
....<(,-*/
Coventry-street to Long-acre, East Smithfield ---,.;.‘"A-',l* .-."
Rosemary-lane, and in aid of improvements in Ere. ;i, S
Southwark and Westminster - --,
For ditto and general improvements 116,000
New street in Southwark
Victoria-street, Westminster
New Farringdon-street to Coppice-row BB,OOO

(Act 13th and 14th Viet., c. 103.) 2753,000
It has been said that the proceeds of the ld. coal tax are
devoted to the expenses of collection, but that also is a
mistake. A portion of the 4d. and Bd. taxes is stopped
in its transit for the expenses of collection ; and the pro-
ceeds of the id. coal tax is paid to the Board of Works for
general metropolitan improvements.
The Chairman—Have you any scheme which you wish
to lay before the commission embodying the alterations
which you would suggest in the constitution of the cor•
poration ?
Mr. Hickson—l would rather come to the subject of a
scheme by and bye. 1 believe that the only check upon
the abuses of local administration would be found in consti-
tuting a municipality over the whole of London for such
taxes as the coal tax and the like. I think the proceeds of the
coal tax have not been properly applied as regards the me-
tropolis at large. For instance, the improvements in Can-
non-street may, be advantageous for the City itself ; but the
plan is not framed with a view to the interests of the whole
metropolis. A main artery for the metropolitan traffic
ought to have begun at Cannon-street and London-bridge,
going on by a new embankment on the north side of the
river by Blackfriars-bridge direct to Charing-cross, thus
avoiding St. Paul's-churchyard and the acclivity at Lud-
gate-hill. The city of London extends over only one-
twelfth part of the whole covered area of London.
Mr. C. Lewis—But them are certain matters in which
the City represents the whole metropolis, are there not—
such as the conservancy of the river, the hospitality of the
Lord Mayor, and the administration of the coal dues?
Mr. Hickson—The City claims to act in such a manner,
but such functions ought to be taken away from the local
government of the City, and transferred to a new general
metropolitan municipality. I wish to put in a copy of the
plan of Sir Christopher Wren for improving the City after
the great fire, because it was owing to the obstructiveness
of the corporation that London, instead of being the first
city in the world with reference to construction, is now
the wilderness of entangled lanes and alleys which it at
present is, requiring millions to be spent in bringing it into
the state in which it ought originally to have been placed.
This plan shows a broad embankment for the use of the
public, forty feet wide, along the north bank of the river
from London-bridge. With regard to the conservancy of
the Thames, my belief, as a pretty considerable traveller, is
that there is no river in Europe the banks of which are left in
so disgraceful a state as those of the Thames. In 1850 certain
buildings were allowed to be constructed on the south side
bofeythone
dr: vtehre, nsetaarir.
Lsondlsonh-ebso buildingsridgwhich ar
projecteddividted welypearlyt
into warehouses and partly into chambers; they interfere
with the embankment of that side of the river, and ought
never to have been permitted by any corporation haying
charge of such matters. In other capitals the inhabitants
value the walks on the banks of the rivers; and the same
would be the case with the inhabitants of London. With
respect to the poor-law administration of the City, Mr.
Hickson said he thought the three existing unions into
which the City was now divided ought to have been con-
solidated, and the corporation required to appoint the
board of guardians. The sub-division which has been
practised he believed had cost the citizens, since the pass-
ing of the new Poor-law, 300,0001. more than a separate
union would have done. The three workhouses in the
City are the City of London Union, the West London
Union, and the East London Union.
The following account of the money expended in the re-
lief of the poor, in the undermentioned districts, for the
years ending Lady-day, 1848, and Lady-day, 1852, would
illustrate this point :

Three City Unions
exclusive of Pa St. Marylebone. Lambeth.
rochial Expen- P. 157,696. P., 139,325.
diture.
P., 129,128.
1848. 1852. 1848. 1852. 1848. 1852.
£93,781 £78,739.k53,524 £47,731 £46,751 £33,923

The commissioners then adjourned the inquiry till mat
day.

"‘t SAINT ANDREW'S DAY.

Yesterday being Scotland's patron saint day, the sub-
scribers and friends of the Scottish Hospital dined toge-
ther at the London Tavern. A large number was
present, and the Right. Hon. the Lord Mayor presided,
supported by Sir Roderick Murchison, Sir John Forbes,
P. F. Robertson, M.P., the Hon. Major Dalzell, Col.
Allan, T. Maclean, Colonel Niel Campbell, Mr. Sechles,
Bsq., (SecretarY to• the-American Legation), ex-Sheiiffs
Cioll and Cotterell, Captain H. H. Lindsay, Messrs.
William Stuart Forbes, David Dewar, George Bain,
Major Adair (the indefatigable Secretary of the Institu-
tion), James Thompson, R. M. Phillips, J. B. Allan,
John MasOn, and Duncan Sinclair. The room was
tastefully hung with heraldic emblems, flags, and various
clan . tartans. The pipers and band of the Caledonian
Asylum played pibrochs and marches during dinner, and
the musical arrangements were conducted by Mr. Rans-
ford, including Misses Ransford and Ey les, Mr. Ransford,
jun., and Mr. Cranford, the latter being a pupil of the la-
mented Mr. Wilson ; and, from the creditable appear-
ance he made last night, he is well entitled to be his
'Successor.

The company was numerous and respectable, and Chu.
subscriptions in the evening, which amounted. to . about,
30014cw&C rather.abdve the. a'verage of the anntiarcOn-
tribntions.
After the usual loyal toasts had been proposed and
w drank with great enthusiasm,
The LORD MAYOR proposed "The President of the
United States," stating that the American Minister
was unhappily prevented from being present, but that
they had present an excellent substitute in Mr. Sechles,
the Secretary to the American Legation. (Applause.)
Mr. SECHLES apologised for the absence of Mr.
Buchanan, the American Minister, who boasted of a
Scottish ancestry. (Applause.) Al they had been good
enough to drink the health of the citizen President of the
United States, he would remark that that officer was a
true and just exemplification of the working of their in-
stitutions. His father, who was an officer in the war of
independence, left his son, as most American boys are
left, to look out for himself. (Applause.) With an
ordinary education, and ordinary opportunities he en-
tered the legal profession, and by his perseverance,
assiduity, and application he aequired such a position at
the bar that he was called upon to transfer his services
for a brief period to the councils of the Republic. But
not liking public life, he soon returned to his native
state of New Hampshire, and though, in 1846, he was
offered a seat in President Polk's cabinet as Attorney.
General, he declined again accepting public-office, which
he said was neither suited to his tastes nor to his habits.
Soon afterwards the Mexican war broke out, and his
native state of New Hampshire was required to raise
nerd, wop
bma
enpryae Nyi‘v
farms
praaiieprsnce.devaritene.
staihdee d smalla n regimentdt town wb oenf ofN soldiers.
e enlistedw Ci
no nAtcho
at
wsoaaldieelre.cfeßdecinapgtwain ellO-kfnthoNeviotmopnn and being equally
his fellow-townsmen,
well-known to the regiment of which that company was
a portion, he was chosen colonel. The circumstance
of a gentleman who had declined the office of Attorney-
General, with a seat in the Cabinet, having enlisted as
a private soldier, soon attracted attention, and the
President, not to be behind hand in rewarding
this act of
patriotism, named him a
general of brigade. He
went to Mexico, and there performed his duties in such
a manner as won for him the commendations of the
Commander-in-Chief ; and in 1852 he was chosen Pre-
sident of the United States. (Applause.) The honour-
able gentleman went on to state that two natives of
Scotland, John Wotherspoon, a clergyman, and James
Wilson, a lawyer, signed the declaration of indepen-
dence ; that the constitution of the Union_s_vaarj.drawn up
by the latter, in conjunction with Mr. dirn, who
CourtWilso onf wasthe
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membersPresidentf;
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stuhpartemMer. M
United States, who were remarkable not more for thef
were the only bad ges
their long black gowns, which
learning and ability of their adjudications than or
(Hear, hear.)
The CHAIRMAN then proposed "The The Scottish proposedof office worn by civilians in America.
so early as the time
institution of an old date, and that by
Hospi-
tal" amidst much cheering, and stated that it was an
royalty, though
that patronage took the odd shape of
of Charles IL it had been patronisedd
placingthree knights baronetages for sale
atthe dis-
posal of the managers
for the benefit of its funds,
two Scottish baronetages,
producing 300 guineas each,and
selling for 5001. (Laughter.)
He had inquired carefully
an English baronetage
contrary, he must say, to
into the funds of the institution,
experience of some other
ex and he had found—
charities—that the funds were well and faithfully ex-
pended ; and he had, kindest attention of the company.
The LORD MAYO Proposed
com-
mending it to the
therefore, great pleasure in
"The Health of Sir Ro-
derick— bison " in connection with the science of
and in handsome terms alluded to his having
seetndivr
and
been the first to intimate, prior to all experiment, that
to be found in South Australia.
gold was
M RCHISON returned thanks, and said
that having visited the Ural mountains he was led to
believe, from the specimens of mineralogy sent home
wRaSODIikEBeIICyS u
from Australia, that the strata were the same in both
districts, and that gold would therefore be found in one
as well as the other. He had proved a true prophet in
this ' • and he now begged to remind his Scottish friends
that he had never said, and that he did not believe, that
sufficient gold would be found in Scotland to repay the
expense of the search. (Hear, hear.) With respect to
the science of Scotland, he was wholly incompetent to
speak. Even in his own department of geology, he was
wholly incapable to do justice to his friend and country-
man Lyell, or to a native of his own county—a man who
was known, or ought to be known, to every one in the
room—the genius of the old red sandstone, Hugh Miller.
(Great applause.) He would far rather turn to other
subjects, and he had therefore to announce to the society
that an uncle of his own, General Sir Alexander Mac-
kenzie, of Fairhurn, who had died within the last few
months, and had left him (Sir Roderick) his executor,
had bequeathed is the Scottish Hospital the sum of
5001. (Hear, hear.)
Several other toasts were proposed, after which the
commenced
tables were cleared away, and the dancing
gallery during the dinner now joined t e co
with great vigour. Several ladies whoh had been in the
pay.

THE ADULTERATION OF COFFEN.—Yesterday, at the
Court of Inland Revenue, Somerset House, Edward
Alfred Marsh, No. 103, Long-lane, Bermondsey ;
William Primmer, 104, High-street,. Wapping ; Alfred
.
Dennis, Church-street, Hackney ; Burnard, 104,
Wentworth-place, Shoreditch ; William Newman, 23,
Little Bell-alley, City ; and James Morris, 128, Hound:-
ditch, were each fined 10/. for selling coffee adulterated
with chioory as pure coffee. The extent of the aduls
teration varied from 9 to 43 per cent.

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