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householders in the City. In 1844 they amounted to
13,958, and in 1849 they were 13,915. He would also
mention the fact, to which he thought too much weight
could not be attached, that since this commission of in-
quiry had been opened, and all these complaints had
been made of the misconduct of the corporation, the an-
nual elections at the various ward motes of the City had
taken place, and yet, after allowing for one or 'two
deaths,.and the resignation of Mr. Dennoeb, the very
same representatives had been returned to the Common
Council as sat in it the previous year, with one or two

single exceptions.
Mr. Me.-ewether then withdrew.
Dr. Mortimer was the next witness examined. He
said—l am head master of the City of London School,
and have held that office nearly 14 years. The school
is a buys' school, and is mainly intended for the citizens
of London ; that is to say, the act of Parliament recog-
nises the right of all liverymen'and freemen to send their
children there, and gives permission likewise to the
Court of Common Council to make such alterations as
are necessary from time to time ; and an alteration has
been so made, enabling scholars to be received from dis-
tricts beyond the limits of the City, after the claims of
the liverymen and freemen have been satisfied. At the
close of the last half year the number of boys in the
school was 568, and the present number is about 580.
The school is capable of receiving 600 boys. It is partly
endowed and partly self-supporting. Mr. John Car-
penter, a former town clerk of the City, left to the school
a bequest of property which yields an income of 9001 a
year. The corporation built the school, and charged the
permanent maintenance of the structure on the funds of
the institution. Each boy pays Si. ss. per annum for
his education. A boy is admitted on obtaining the no-
mination of a member of the Court of Common Council.
The education given is classical and mathematical. The
institution is divided into the upper and the lower school.
The lower school is divided into four classes, averaging
altogether about 240 boys. In the lower division of this
part of the school, English grammar, writing, and arith-
metic are taught ; and in the upper division of the same
department, French, physical geography, and general
English are taught. The boys, after receiving this train-
ing, pass into the upper school, where there are nearly
360 boys. There they are necessarily taught the classics,
French, arithmetic, and mathematics ; but there is a third
section constituted of those who are taught Greek (the
class below them being only taught Latin), besides which
instruction in German and in choral singing is made
optional without any additional :charge ; and with an
additional charge, instruction is given in chemistry and
drawing.
The Chairman—ln fact, then, when boys leave your
school, they are fit to go to one of the universities ?
Dr. Mortimer—Yes ; and our mathematical standard
is hihger than that of any other school in the kingdom.
The bulk of the boys who leave our school take situa-
tions in commercial houses in the City ; but there are
seventeen scholarships which have been connected with
the school through the munificence of wealthy freemen
and liverymen of London, and a very considerable num-
ber of boys in the head class of all are tempted by the
scholarships to go to the University.
The Chairman—Do you impose any restrictions with
regard to religion in admitting boys ?
Dr. Mortimer—No, and I believe ours is the only
school in the country where a Jewish boy can obtain a
scholarship. The authorised version of the Scriptures is
read daily, and a form of prayer offered up which is
abridged from the Liturgy of the Church of England,
but we allow the Jewish scholars to withdraw during
the reading of the prayers. Their parents do not object,
however, to their being present at the reading of the

Scriptures.
The Chairman—But what is the case with the chil
dren of Roman Catholics ?
Dr. Mortimer—We have many English Roman Catho
Jic children in the school, but we never hear any corn.
plaint against the religious instruction from teeir parents
The Protestant Dissenters are equally satisfied, and the
only objection made comes from the Irish Roman
Catholics, whose children are consequently allowed the
same right to withdraw during the reading of the prayers
as the Jewish scholars. The boys are all day schola rs
with the exception of about twenty, who are taken as
boarders by some of the masters. I have a perfect un-
derstanding with the committed of the corporation which
has the supervision of the affairs of the City schools, and
nothing could be more harmonious or more satisfactory
than their management. The corporation are now
erecting a new school for the orphans of freemen and
liverymen, and I am appointed one of the referees to
select the candidates fur the head mastership.
Mr. W. Payne was next examined. He said—l am
coroner of the city of London and the borough of South-
wark, and am appointed by the Court of Common Coun-
cil. The appointment is called an annual one, but the
corporation has no power to discharge me without rea-
sonable cause. The Court of Queen's Bench has decided
that the office of coroner is a freehold office. My emolu-
ments are paid out of the City's cash, and they average
about 5001. a year, fluctuating with the number of in-
quests that have to be held.
Mr. E. Woodthorpe, examined—l am a district sur-
veyor of the city of London, and am appointed by the
Court of Aldermen. There are three other district sur-
veyors in the City besides myself. My district includes
a part of the county of Middlesex. It is in reference to
that portion of it that I wish to speak. My duty is to
survey and report upon all ruinous buildings. My re-
ports are always attended to promptly by the Court of
Aldermen, and dilapidated buildings in the City are
immediately pulled down, repaired, or otherwise put
into a state of security ; but the case is different as to
my reports of ruinous buildings in the county of Mid-
dlesex, which I make to the overseers of the poor of
the different parishes. The overseers of the poor. how-
ever, do not attend to these matters, and the conse-
quence is that buildings sometimes remain in a very
dangerous state for many years. I get from 10 to 12
dilapidated buildings condemned and removed in the
city of London in a single year, where I cannot get one
condemned in the county.
Mr. Nathaniel Saunders, water-bailiff of the port of
London, examined—l have held my office for thirty
years. Am appointed by the Court of Common Coun-
cil, and have been re-elected annually. My salary is
5001. a-year. My duties on the river are to survey it
from time to time, and to observe what encroachments
and projections are made on its banks without the autho-
rity of the corporation, and report them to the naviga-
tion committee.
Mr. C. H. James examined—l am one of the four
harbour masters of the port of London. The superin-
tending harbour master is ill at present, and cannot
attend this commission. The junior harbour master
receives 3001. a-year, the next receives 3501., the next
400/., and the highest 5001. I have held my present
office nearly fourteen years. A harbour master cannot
be appointed without undergoing an examination as to
his fitness, before the Trinity masters. I take my direc-
tions from the superintendent harbour master. I do
not think it would be advisable to remove the shoals in
the river. The removal of old London-bridge has caused
the tide to ebb much lower and to rise much higher than
it did before ; and the effect of the removal of the old
bridge would be nothing in comparison with the result
which the removal of the shoals would produce upon the
tides. There are a good many shoals in the river now,
but none of them are of any consequence. There are the
Whiting-shoal, the Barking-shoal, the Coal-harbour.
shoal, and the Erith-shoal. I superintend the mooring
and unrnooring of all vessels, and take soundings when
required. Ido not think it would be at all expedient to
have representatives from the dock companies upon the
navigation committee of the corporation. The shipping
which enters the various docks is only about one-fifth of
the whole that arrives in the port of London. I have
here a statement showing the number of vessels, and
their tonnage, which entered the port of London from
foreign ports, from Ireland, and coastwise, in the year
1853. The total number of such vessels in that year
was 30,076, and their tonnage was 6,229,398 tons. Of
those ship, 6,796, with a tonnage of 1,571,205, entered
the docks, leaving about 23,000 vessels, with a tonnage
of 4,653,693 tons, to be accommodated in the river. This
statement does not include coasters ; but in' 1851 the
coasters numbered 9,253 vessels, with a tonnage of
1.386,450 tons.
Mr. Wilkinson, chief clerk of the City Small Debts
Courts, examined—l am an attorney, and my income as
clerk of the City Small Debts Court amounts to 4001.
per annum, subject to deductions, which reduce it to
3711. I carry on no private practice as an attorney,
although I am not prohibited by the act from doing so.
I was a member of the Court of Common Council before
iI received my present office ; but an interval of several
years occurred between my retirement from that court
and the date of my present appointment. I can affirm
Mrs Russell Guriley'e evidence as to the satisfactory

—.. , the City Smalls Court. The business of
t has considera creased since its establish-
_Len . The summonses issued in it in the year 1848
amounted to 7,886, and in 1853 they amounted to
10,272. About one-half of the summonses came on for
trial, the other half being either settled between the
parties or dropped. The number of oases in which juries
are asked for by the litigants is very few. In 1852
there were only fifteen jury cases, and in 1853 there
were thirty-six. The decisions of the judge may be ap-
I pealed against in all cases between 201. and 50/. ; but no
case of appeal has occurred. Last year the fees of the
court were diminished, and it is calculated that 1,0001.
a year has been remitted to the suitors by this arrange.
ment. The fees of the court are paid into the Chamber-
lain's office.
The proceedings were then adjourned till this day.

RAIL WAY INTELLIGENCE.

NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE.

The half-yearly meeting of this company was held at
Stoke-upon-Trent yesterday. Mr. Ricardo, M.P., oc-
cupied the chair.
The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report,
which appeared in the The Sun of yesterday, said, an ar-
rangement had been made with the London and North-
Western Company, and they had, as they conceived,
nothing further to do but to carry oat that arrangement.
At the same time it was only fair and reasonable that
the proprietors of the North Staffordshire Railway
should understand clearly the position in which they
stood, with a view to making it easier than it was at
present. (Hear.) They must, however, abide by the
agreements made by the directors, who acted as trustees
for the shareholders—as trustees for the administration
of their property. He remarked that Messrs. Hope and
Stephenson, the arbitrators appointed between the Lon-
don and North-Western and North Staffordshire Com-
panies, had, he thought, the power to revise the adjudi-
cation which they made between the two companies.
Those adjudications had been in many instances made
upon mere contracts, and subject to revision. There
was one he might specially mention—that of Mr. Brassey
which was estimated at 10,0001. below that which it
actually came to. There were other contracts, of a
larger or smaller amount, which it was impossible for
the directors to foresee, and they would therefore protest
against the amount of capital fixed upon their going
into Parliament. (Hear, hear.) Those questions there-
fore remained open, and were to be decided hereafter.
He had thought it necessary to enter upon these
matters, but there were several other questions which
had not been decided upon between the companies,
and in accordance with, as he contended, their mutual
interests. He expressed a hope that the whole would
be settled amicably between the two companies. He
then advocated the proposed line between Biddulp, and
Congleton (18 miles in length, including 6i miles
branches), and contended that it would pay the com-
pany. He could not do better than refer them to the
present high price of coals, by which the trade of the
district must be greatly impeded, if not entirely destroyed.
The directors had received a memorial from the chief
manufacturers of the Potteries, stating that' they be-
lieved that the projected line to Congleton would be not
only of great benefit to the neighbourhood, but profit-
able to the railway proprietors. (Cheers.) The actual
cost would be 45,0001. He then referred to the Ash-
bourne and Sandbach lines, and stated that the latter
since its opening had realised at the rate of 7 per cent.
upon the entire charge. He believed that the proposed
extension would pay as large a per tentage, and he must
say, in conclusion, that he recommended the adoption
of the proposed line as one of the best guarantees for
the welfare and prosperity of the whole undertaking.
He concluded by moving the adoption of the report.
Mr. DICEY seconded the motion.
Mr. WILLIAMSON called the attention of the meeting
to the want of waggons on the line. The consequence
of this neglect was that manufacturers and others were
put to great inconvenience and. annoyance by want of
fuel, and at the same time the company lost a great
opportunity of profit. (Cheers.)
The CHAIRMAN replied that it was not only the com-
plaint of the North Staffordshire, but of all other com-
panies, that they were unable to obtain a sufficient sup-
ply of waggons for the conveyance of goods. They (the
Notth Staffordshire Company) had done all they (mild
for the purpose of supply the district with coals, and
other articles required for trade and domestic purposes,
but they could not be obtained. He believed that Mr.
Wright, of the Saltley works, had received an order, but
would not accept it, for 1,000 waggons. The company
by whom the order was given could not get them. The
London and North-Western were in the same predica-
ment as themselves. (Hear.)
Mr. HAYWARD wished to know why the amount of
the traffic on the North Staffordshire Railway did not,
like that of all other companies, appear in the columns
of the public newspapers.
The CHAIRMAN replied that with regard to traffic re-
turns they could have no objection ; but on the one
hand, the North Western shareholders might consider
the guarantee too high and the North Staffordshire
shareholders too low. (Hear, hear.)
The report was afterwards unanimously adopted, and
a dividend at the rate of ss. 3d. per share, or per cent.,
dee'ared.
The meeting then broke up.

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