The Sun.
London, England, 1824-12-06 00:00:00

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On-Saturday, a'meeting of the Commissioners
and Trustees.of the New tirrey-rtwid,' was held at Johnson'it
Coffee-house, for the purpose of considering the various prispod'
sitions which have been submitted respectingthe local improved
merits in progress bathe vicinity of New liethlem hospital.
.great,division of opinion prevails amongst the owners of. prod
perty in the neighbourhood and the gentlemen of the county on
the subject of these improvements. • Some are of opinion, that
the old Lambeth road, ought to be blocked op, for the purpose
.of making a better area in front of the new Hospital, and
giving' full efl'ect to its architecture. The City of London,
which possesses. considerable property in the neighbourhood,
proposes, to. build, on the ground which would be acquire d
be the blocking up of the tontine road ; and there are others
who tiiink.that both roads ought to be'kept open,: and that the
poblii-might have the benefit of them without impairing
,the
.efilset,e)f, the new building, and that the opportunity ought to be.
talfekof the expiration Of ma.q'of the cit.. leases or. the spot,
mak.a e.. handsome approach from Lambeth- •to all the
bridges, and also to Southwark. The •sobjeet, led on 'Saturday
to,a.very long, desultory, and, in ninny parts, irregular discus..
sion. Air. Slade, who bad taken an active'part (luring the pre=
liminary consideration of this business, strongly advocated the
propriety of enabling the -city to advance the local improved
ments on a suitable scale, by having one main road on
the site in front of New Bethlem, instead •of separating the
ground into two avenue*, as at present, in which case the city
would build on a corresponding scale. This proposition, which
had'been front the beginning opposed by a number of Magid
strates and others interested in local property, was again red
sisted in a vehement manner; and the interests of . private in-;
dividuals, particularly publicans and brewers, who are served
by the population which throngs into the small houses of- the
old neighbourhood, was opposed to the plan of general imd
provement. Alr..nedger, the Magistrate, stoutly defended the
interest of the Gun public-house, which was affected by the
demolition of 17 .small houses it; the neighbourhood. Mr.
' Young' took the same side. Mr. Jones, Marshal of the King's
Bench, had also a strong objection to the proposed tan of. the
city. Mr. Randle Jackson concurred with the opinions of the
majority of the Magistrates, that the arrangement proposed by
the Corporation of 'London was inexpedient. lothe end, an
amendment was, moved by Mr. Jackson, and seconded by Mr:
Young, which bed the efrect.of negativing Mr. Slade's propud
shion, and of necessarily thwarting the main plan of the pro.,
posed local improvement. Considerable doubts were expressed
upon the legality of the successfpl amendment, as it was extra,:
neous from the specific object of the requisition in pursuance
of which the meeting was called. • The clashing of private in,
tcrests, and the operation of' influence 'consequent upon them,
made the discussion of so confused and contradictory a nature,
that it was difficult to understand the real bearings of the
question; but the general result, which does not at all conclude
the subject, was as we have mentioned. In the course of the dis.:
eussion which took place, some individuals gravely complained
of the convexity of one part of • the new road, which, as cum-
pared with the old, made u debar of a few dozen of yards in rhea-
surement, in their distance in traversing it, .so as decnsionally
to amount to the difference of a sixpenny fare. This ground of,
argument was well occupied by Mr. Lawson, the surrey Clerk
of the Peace, who stated that he had this comparative distance
regularly ascertained by measurement, and painted out theln,
convenience which he sustained from it, as halted often to
transact business at Union Ilall, and therefore to pass this line
ot' road front his residence, called Surrey bodge opposite
Chapel.—As the matter stands, the two roads are likely to
be opened, supposing that the proceedings of the Surrey Ma.,
gistrates and Trustees are on this occasion legal, and of game
the intentions of the Cityof London in a great degree frustrated,
for making the local improvements commensurate with the cha-
racter which ought to attach to all the leading avenues of this
great metropolis.

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TIANKIPt.

J. and J. llimmer, Liverpool, provision -dealers, to surrender
Dec. 29, 30, and Jan. 15, at eleven, at the (Alice or Mr. Ore.
gory, Liverpool. Attornies, Mr. Gregory, Liverpool ; and
Mr. John, Palsgraveplace, TeMple-bar, London.
Smith, Heaton-Noris, Lancashire, and J. Yates, Nsw
Mills, Derbyshire, brass-founders, Dec. 17, Itt, and Jan. 15,
at two, at the Bridgewater Arms Inn, 31anchNter. Attornies,
Messrs. Hurd and JOhnson, King's Bench-walk, Temple,
London; and Mr. Kershaw* Manchester.
W. Johnson, .Bedfordbury, draper, Dec. 11, 14, and Jast.
IC, at ten, at the Court 4Conimissioners. Attorney, Mr. Smith,
Basinghall-street.
J. liulme, Charlton-row, Lancashire, victualler, Dec. 20,21,
and Jan. 15, at nine, at the Star Inn, Manchester. Attornies,
Messrs. Ellis, Suns, Walmsley, and Gorton, Chancery-lane,
London ; and Mr. Creswell Manchester.
W. Starkey, Finsbury-market, butcher, Dec. IL 13, and
Jan. 15, at twelve, at the Court or Commissioners. Attorniee,
Messrs. Voting and Gilbert, Murk-lane.
C. Jackson, Barbican, butter, Dec. 7, 14, and Jan. 15, at
twelve, at the Court of Commissioners. Attorney, Mr. Tem-
pler,iohn-street, America-square.
J. Archer, Gun-street, Spa-fields, f4ctor, Dec. 7, 21, and
Jan. 15, at ten, at the Court of Commissioners. Attorney,Slr.
Arnot, West-street, Finsbury::cireus. •
S. Richards, Bristol, boot-maker, Dec. 11, 14, and Jan.ls,
at ten, at the White Lion, Bristol. Attornies, Messrs. Hicks
and Braikenridger, Bartlett's-buildings, London ; and Mr.
Hinton, Bristol.
W. Gwynne, Denton, Sussex, clerk, Dec. 11, 111, and Jan.
15, at twelve, at the Court of Commissioners, London. At-
torney, Mr. Sharp, Upper North-place, Gray's Inn-lane,
London. .

yll. 11. W. Aubrey, Praethstrect, Etlgeware-road, wine-mer-
chant, Dec. 7, 21, at ten, and Jan. 14, at one, at the Court of
Commissioners. Attorney, Mr. Howard, Cook's-court, Carey-
street.
W. Phone, jun., Fleet-street, cook,Dec. 11, at eleven, 10,
and Jan. 15, at ten, at the Court of Commissioners. Attorney,
Mr. Wood, St. Bartholomew's Hospital.
O. Rice, Regent Circus, Oxford-street, tailor, Dec. 11, at
ten, 10, and Jan. 15, at twelve, at the Court of mmissionerti.
Attorney, Mr. Tanner, New Basinghull-street.