The Sun.
London, England, 1841-01-29 00:00:00

CITY IMPROVEMENTS.

It V:as some time ego reported to the Coal, Corn, and
Finance Committee, to consider whether it would be ad-
visa'ele to vote the sum of 2,000/. to the Commissioners
of ._;ewers to make improvements, by widening New-
gale -street and Fetter-lane, end the Report was brought
up, negativing the propriety of voting the sum. It was
moved and seconded that the sum should be granted
for the object described. A very long discussion took
place, in which the very laudable zeal of the Inspector,
for improvements of great use and ornament, mani-
fested itself.
Mr. LAWRENCE objected to this new responsibility of
the Commissioners, who never were willing to use it
for any measures they thought proper to adopt.
Mr. LOTT said that 'o long as the Court turned a
deaf eite to the proposal of widening Watling-street, the
great weenue to the Docks, the Custom-house, and all
the lard e institutions at the east end of the town—so
lone, as they disregarded the calamitous history of acci-
dente,. in that most dangerous thoroughfare—so long
woula lie object to any other improvernent.—(Cheers.)
If the Co rporation would take that into consideration,
there was no improvement that he would not advocate.
Mr. HA LL had every confidence in the Commis-
sioners of Sowers.—(Cheers.) And the Court could
not do Ileac: than vote the money to them, and leave it
to them to exercise their judgment, which had been
frequent]y put to the teat before to the advantage of
their fellow-ei'tizeos. The plan to be adopted would be
to set back the houses in the narrowest parts of the
two thorought, eres mentiono _ and he hoped to see
Watling-street ~videned with all possible expedition
also.—(Cheers.)
Mr, R. L. JoefEs ct..;d not like to go blindfolded and
without any definite plan.' to the work of improvement.
The City expended 11,500/, in improvements, and he
wished, as he had always worked with a defined plan,
not. to see any deviation as to that principle. He could
not. but call the attention of the Court, while on such a
subject, to the disgra ccful clump of houses which stood
between the Post-office and the glorious building of St.
Paul's.—(Cheers.) Lf the Court would show a deter-
mination to use their best efforts to clear away the
stupid and contemptiblee .obstructions to the full view of
that in ejestic national reekiument, and go to Parliament
and the. Government to foeward their object, their ap-
plication would be irresistiblc•—(Loud cheers.)
Mr. Weeree was most decidedly in favour of the ad-
mirable and humane project of widening Fetter-lane, a
locality which he knew to he so .dangerous that a child
could scarcely leave the door of one of" the houses without
running the ha z ird of being crushed to death.—( Hear.)
Mr. EAGLE TON said that if the Court granted the
sum, it would tee taken as an earnest of their good in.
tentions by the ',while.— (Hear, hear.)
Sir M. WOOD raid that he hoped to have pleasing in-
telligence to corn avenicate shortly to the Court on the
subject of the propeted improvements, by removing
the impediments between St. Paul's and the Post-cffice.
He ha f been for some time seeking a conference with
the Government, particeilarly with the Post-office de-
partroent, on the question of throwing open an exten-
sive F pace at the west end of Cheapside, and he had
reason to expect that his object would be acceded to.
He the eight it would be eligible to keep the 2,000/. al-
luded to on the present occasion, to add to the sum
which rimy would be ready to grant on that occa-
sion, with Om assistance of Parliament.
Mr. Peee,ocK said it had been intimated that the
Commissioners of Sewers could tax the citizens to the
extent of eighteen-pence in the pound to defray the ex-
penses of the proposed improvements. Now he would
not consent to ar.,/ tax upon the citizens greater than
1 they already paid.--(Hear, hear.) He would rather
take the cash out of the City Chamber to a much larger
extent, and lower those' rates.—(Neer, hear.)
Tb e grant of 2,0004, \was then voted to the C
sioneers of Sewers for the object stated..--Adjourned.