The Sun.
London, England, 1841-03-19 00:00:00

,-EVENIN G EDITION

COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL

(YESTERDAY.)

CITY IMPROVEMENTS.
tal,t'tif• KING, the Chairman of the City of London Cern-
se, prescnted a petition from the iehabtents of the vi-
tigitY ff Kan stmt.!, Cheap-ide,t praying that measures
trstriekh.tthe.,tal'segn-to widen he. treat thoroughfare to Seuta-
f erlige. It was, he said, stated as an argument in
'Yee of aide. ing the st eats on the north side of Cheap-
t@
that that the great inns of the City were all on that side.
th
railroads, however, had effectually interfered with
sbusiness of those inns, and the traffic had most won-
fa'rrtAil increased on the south side, so that the necessity
all'a)Prov,-ment about Thames-street and Watlirg-strect
lIPOW very great indeed.
tit'a ret Lorr wished to see the money cf the Corpora-
the aPended ai improving the City, but he considered
hell Watling-street ought, for ihe sake ef humanity, as
11- expediency, be the very first irtiprovel.
„retitien was referred to the Lersdon-bridge Ap-
r ocherl Committee.
4e '•a petitions, one from the merchants, bankers, &c., of
tete City, and the other from Southwa•-k, were prsented,
f Phg the Co Ct to t ke such steps as might be necessary
tQsrotthr"ingto ti public Southeark-bridge, frt.
t atoll, They were, however, both ordered to be laid
Prat the table, after some discussion.
SEPULTURE IN THE CITY OP LONDON.
fer:: • ANDERTON gave notice of a motion, that it be re-
portdi to the City Lands Cernmitt,e to examine and re-
tied nt° the means of sepulture in church-yards, places
it , vaults for burying the dead therein; and also whether
allexPedient that an end should be put to the interment
lue dead withal the City of Londor.
COUNTY COURTS BILL.
of tiir* 41,0E111.0e brought up the Report on the subject
e County Courts Bill, which was, without being read,
iteee,cldisinag
Le prit.ted. He stated that the Government
to exempt the City from the operation of the
, If such were the wish of the Corporation; and the
t'ePatt recommended that the Court should effect improve-
11l
s which were indispensably necessary, by throwing
aftetittllc Mayor's Court
and 11)
Sheriff's Court to bu-
il and solicitors generally.
Mr j CITY IMPROVEMENTS.
Drew,' °Nits, the Chairman of the London Bridge Ap-
of hides Committee, brought up the Report on the subject
ter
'4414 t e tnoroughtaie of Mason's-el:ey from Col
wiliest to Basinghall-street. It stated th it it would
vadtt 'Y be very desirable to have the narrow passage
tea,. ed. but that under existing circumstances the al-
-141, impracicable.
letosn', "40LE expressed a hope th-t amongst the ether
tetet—ftts of improvements it would not escape the advo-
heath el rendering the streets more commodious and
Y that Aldermanbury required to be widened.
fsee •le L. JONES that tae expense of doing as was
is7irted would e
said
iocOnveniently expensive. By and
.by,
?rote Probability, that as well as many other great ms-
ateedraietts which are not at present in contemp ation,
effected.—( Hear, hear.)
Cola eirraan T. Wein. brought up the Report of the Police
laeriskttee,
.litaing that a suitable house and offices. had
Ole jPer°Tided for the City Police Commissioner in the
Ala Y.
ale it WELLS said that the C'ty Police Commissioner. had_
the h„viss all nonsense to suppose that he would reside in
ear" alach had been procured for him.
the srsertealsrl T. WOOD said that the house was formerly
Otte --uetlce of Alderman Lee, who contrived to perform
The
also hospitality in it.—( Hear, bear.)
e Report was agreed to.
Aide THE POOR-LAW IN THE CITY.
4paril% THOMAS Wool) brought up the following
10 the Right Hon. the Lerd Mayor, Aldermen,
and Commons of the City cf Loudon, in Council
al, assemble_?,
kits, et "Lose names are hereunto subscribed, your Com-
Whet; aPPointed in relation to the police of the City, to
setalCas"„lite 16th day of June last, it was referred to
at the best means of carrying into effect the pro-
ile°s; ar the Poor-law, with regard to persons found in
that
tour of this City in a state of destitution, and
.to
'4ltt au! opinion thereon to this Court, do hereby certify
tefer:,;auav! proceeded to the consideration of the said
siact and requested the attendance of Mr. R. Taylor
lathe Deputy Pewtress, the mover and seconder thereof,
a'ourt of Common Council ; and also of the CC:MI-
N:o4e of the City Police ; and these gentlemen subse-
eaneY,atlending were heard thereon, when Mr. Deputy
Sian. 4 laid before us a Report explanatory of his opi-
See and the Commissioner laid before us a Return
!Ste?! the number of destitute persons and vagrants
meat all the streets cf the City, and the mode of treat-
tea: each case during twelve months. We also die
°I the the City Solicitor to consider the legal bearing
!scam- question and to report thereon, and he having
t-"
ter e-e' we have caused a copy of his said Report to be
rotata annexed. We have also received a further
ponarkwaieation from Mr. Deputy Pewtress upon this im-
tagtert subject, which, to some extent, recapitulates the
Iddie„ Contained in his former Report, but also introducing
esssal4l and scrams matter for deliberation) ; viz., the
quent reduction of the number of petty criminals
dliti:re °ow consteutly filling the City gaols, upon the
143 ; aPPertaining to the police and Poor-law author',
41'444 prescribed by law, being properly and consistently
stlato into execution, a subject which your Committee
elkull.t is entitled to the fullest consideration by this
4 444 even regarded (as Deputy Pewtress remarks) as
lati°llof finance and economy, independently of the
the c--;°ltY of transferring such a number of paupers to
urinal department.'
I)fteauur Committee, therefore, agreeing with the principle
Itsai'a'aid reports and suggestions of Mr. Deputy Pew-
tlaur 4,(1 the Solicitor, beg to recommend this Honourable
e
'ily Pets-
`Ours
represent to the Board of Guardians for the
the Lowden Union their opinion that the spirit of
taost asW Should be carried into effect under the
sad ati-taralne views, consistent with public justice
e
Board arid that provision should be made by the
.'?" all destitute persons found in the streets
•rata '4tYs by the establishment of a proper place for
stet to shelter and relief, such as the necessities of each
(4 Nal!? require. All which, we submit to the judgment
4, honourable Court.
" 'Thomas Wood " R. Webb Jupp
J. Hartley James Lake
G. Stacy W. Stevens
Wan. Lister W. Christie
Richard Hicks H. J. Elmes."
heAlderesan John Blackct
Prietel T. WOOD having mcved that the Report should
tkessio for the purpose of being discussed upon a future
40ea'„41eneen TAYLOR rose to make a few observations.
lideraituat the subject of the Poor-law was under con-
taakaa°, it appeared to him this was an opportunity of
t'taLitlatetaa:ura; tregulations by which the existing difficulty
, tie hsa 'suing between the vagrant and the unfortunate
i‘a, • removed. The vagrants who were taken up were
11 IssiliV °Pinion, treated as they ought to be treated, and
17eess't"d to impress upon the guardians the
cf. acting with kindness and humanity
'Lain; destitute, who were at present buffeted
11,1,flit'reeraertne should be taken to obtain facilities
i',esoes-alnating between the two classes, the treatment
`llli °sr which- aught to be essentially different. Its the
Pata°s• et which be was a Guardian, fifty or sixty casual
tsiast'e received every night, and it was impossible to
titid h`la cleanliness in a place to which many dissolute
„aalCel-ajaatkled vagrants resorted, and
_from which they
'see
the morning to resume their occupation of
'See tY. He thought that there ought to be one central
° Which persons of that description might be senr,
sa„ 't the really unfortunate would not be insulted by
asetogetisbliged to hive with them.—( Hear, hear ) By the
:`4l.s "ion of the Guardians and the Police Commis-
tl4lleyrLsuch measures could be adopted as would mate-
a (141,7 the condition cf the heuseless poor, and tend
esiel 44
eish the large amount of vagrancy.—( Hear.)
Court roman
THOMAS WooD said that if he thought the
Preface 7ald have discussed the subject, he should leave
*eh tee" thes Report with some observations. The fact
patella neport came to the point which he had ori-
"aternplated. When he found that the Poor-
the were determined to introduce
the Ca' Poor-law into the City, he suggested that
100 a'rtY and its Liberties should be included in
ta•e•o'ate . union, in the belief that it could be
Ose facially carried into effect by such a provision
4e th
eited wet° aPpointment of sarate unions. He remem-
;: tea'"al what virulence hews attacked in the columns
"eueeti newspapers by Mr. Thomas Jones, of Coleman-
:too i'is"ma was remarkable for his hostility to the New
ateaskaa t r the view he took of its operation ; and he
alleat'a,t; that see Commissioners were influenced by the
44ioni"°11 to adopt the alternative of appointing three
treete; although it struck him that one would have much
sotto edvantages. —( ar. ) He saw good reason to
10e-haela Of statements which had been made at the Man-
„lake 'a,,se with reference to the Poor-law, by persons,
:eseys,7, whom were evidently wholly ignorant of what
i'thd about.--(A lsugh. )He had to complain, too,
"%tat at Place no distinction appeared to be made be--
Isere he e deserving poor and the idle vagrant. The public
°t 'Pttueal-ed by the most notorious vagrants in the garb
"set of and amongst the City Police there was such
tteet discrimilatien to the two classes, that the
nit. !St confusion as • •and all
s s and injustice prevailed,
es!" to the charge of the New Poor-law. The
"at T against that law, he believed to be
alteee-a'Quaded. He believed Mr. Miller, the relieving
. os_
'4 per "'lc of the Unions, who stated that four-fifths of
80ny
WU° appeared at the West Londn Union were
himeCgar
w, to e, and his own experience sea Magistrate
cr u . Suppose that the same proportion existed in the
et the 41ons of the city. Such was not the state of things
wlh • taest
eir duty end of the town, becauseathe police there did
%elf •In the City of London Union be considered
;lad hernati:r:d to say the Guardians. acted. with tenderness
etMer, 'f,Y towards the poor, which did them the highest
thieh
e'
,aut he could not shut his eyes to the necessity
Poorin 01','ted for the ap ointment of a central house. Thst
s, had a farm-houpse but a distant residence for the
'riaai not like a residence on the spot, which could be
titltr.(sT; sit,an_Y time by the Guaraians, to whom it might be
esett,4ol ,teocoinliv.etnrten+t to go to a remote distance from
abject al Places of business to protect those who might be
al tied
leo treatment.—( Hear, hear.) It would be
4 e City St charitable to have poor: in the centre of
~!Lt that
sucho ttle reception of the pand he. eva! eonfi-
''serni_a regulation would increase the. facilities of
It,tirdy:
ai'no_iLLigNshoeNt Aeon the cases of the destitute and the
Mr r,Q Practised be a
I_,s datriet h saidgtghatr.the guardians of the Union in
till rain had regular visitations from nine in the morn-
'arts of ne or ten at ni ht The conduct of the guar-
aho the cit f g .
4Pplied Y Lcndon Union to the numerous poor
t'herne, Th ", them was humane and literal in the ex-
e'Poor to eY cared nothing about the expense, but. sent
15 charge comfortable quarters without once thinking of
Mr, i3.ea7thble.ar, hear.)
_ vendo de n
oißn
tsaidle Cityit ee rtai n 1 y appeared to him that the
rttgulat ons was that the Central
rots shat"tah_
.receptacle for the poor. The consequence
the air. coe° Imposition practised was excessive.
et,A.24l)ae said that the City of London Union paid
ttelitiQn Posiit4 to the poor, end gitin 140 m