The Sun.
London, England, 1846-08-13 00:00:00

properly made. The case lasted three hours, but was not of
general interest.
The jury gave a verdict for the defendant.

BLOCKADE OF FLEET-STREET.
Another blockade of Fleet-street, being the second within
the last twelve months, commenced a day or two ago, and it
is announced that from six weeks to two months will be the
duration of the stoppage. The enormous tide of traffic ke?t
out of its ordinary course will have to force itself into narrow
and circuitous channels. The little out-of-the-way streets
will be flooded with a stream of public vehicles, brought to a
state of stagnation every now and then by some obstruction,
which will no sooner be removed than they will drive on with
fearful impetuosity, till they find as it were their level
by getting once more into a broad thoroughfare. People
ignorant of the obstructive proceedings of the pavers will get
into a conveyance for the Bank,'and find themselves whirled
through the intricate mazes that abound in the neigh-
bourhood of Chancery-lane ; while an occasional " jam-
ming up"will afford the opportunity of witnessing the process
of emptying, and perhaps weighing, the entire contents of
a coal waggon. As to the unfortunate tradesmen of Fleet-
street, our pity for them is greatly modified by the con-
sciousness of their having been so frequently treated in this
unceremonious manner that they must be now quite used to .
it. The owner of a shop between Temple-bar and Farring-
don-street must look to be hemmed in by the pavers once or
twice a year as regularly as the gardeners may expect to
be "frozen out" in the depth of winter. 'The seasons
are, indeed, frequently more merciful, and always less
certain, than the city blockaders, who assume a
variety of shapes for the persecution of their victims.
A few months ago the enemy appeared as the genius of sew-
age, whose emissaries were employed in undermining the
street as well as the prosperity of its inhabitants. Sometimes
it is a river demon, who comes to lacerate the heart of the.
City under the pretext of laying down new pipes for a sup-
ply of water. After two of the elements have sent there
representatives to harass the passengers and householders
they are tormented by the agent of fire, in the shape of
same gas company, which begins to pick to pieces the pave-
ment from which the emissaries of water or the slaves of
earth may have very recently retired. Whatever may be
the necessity for the works of which the City thoroughfares
are so frequently the scene, there can be no doubt that pre-
vious arrangement would prevent the inconvenience that is
caused by a series of consecutive stoppages of the most
important lines of metropolitan communication. Ad-
mitting that the alteration in the sewers was imperative
last year, surely the authorities might have exercised.
sufficient foresight to have seen that the street would
soon require fresh paving. The same time that was occu-
pied in replacing the old pavement would have sufficed for
putting down the new, and thus two birds might have been
killed with one stone—or rather the stone need only have
been laid down once instead of twice, to the great incon-
venience of the public. Perhaps those who under-
stand the mystery of these things may tell us that
the alteration in the sewers is a job of itself, and
that the restoration of the old pavement forms a
regular part of it, while the repaving is another "job of
itself," in which the removal of the old pavement, so that
the business may be done ab initio, is a principal in-
gredient. If this is really a consideration, it would
be for the interest of the inhabitants to pay com-
pensation to the parties who have, by inheritance
or otherwise, succeeded to these several " jobs," so
that the whole nuisance could be got rid of at
once, instead of its being a prolonged operation,
to be repeated at brief intervals. An attempt is made in the
present instance to amuse the public by an intimation that
the pavement about to be laid down is calculated to last for
twenty years; but who is sanguine enough to expect that
the gas or water people—to say nothing of those trouble-
' some sons of the soil who represent the sewers—will let it
alone for one quarter of that period ? It is all very well
to make a "new bottom of concrete," but who can.
undertake to say that the agents of the gas or water con-•
pany will not abstract the concrete before another month.
has expired ? That a pavement might be bonstructed to'
endure for twenty years, if it is allowed to rest fromi
the pickaxe, has been proved in the case of Blackfriar's—
bridge. This, however, can scarcely be hoped in a thorough—
fare, where the temporary derangement of a shop-lig at,
or the bursting of a domestic water-pipe, may afford an
excuse for scarifying half a street, and shutting up one
of it for a week or a fortnight. Surely some plan might; be
devised for conducting gas and water pipes in such a man-
ner as to prevent the necessity for plucking up the car -
riage pavement and rendering the way impass ab le
whenever repair may be needed. Why are the light-
ing and other companies to occupy the middle of the
street, to cross and recross at pleasure, and, indeed,, re-
ticulate the metropolis with an underground nef;work
running about in every direction so that all tra .1111
must be stopped where examination is required? The -con-
stant repetition of the blockading nuisance renders it a FAT jous
evil, not only to the inhabitants of the doomed streets, but
to all in the habit of frequenting them. We think we have
a right to insist that all persons who have a design upt n the
Fleet-street pavement should now come in and prov‘ e their
right to interfere with it, or be precluded for the -co xt five
years, at least, from taking possession of that much ua ed and
ill-used thoroughfare.—Times.

REPORT FROM THE SELECT
COMMITTEE ON RAILWAY ENACTM.E)
The SELECT CommrrrEE appointed to inquire iv hetber,
without discouraging legitimate enterprise, con ditioas
may not be embodied in railway Acts better fit led tbn
those hitherto inserted in them to promote and se cure
the
interests of the public, have considered the several
matters
to them referred, and agreed to the following-
resolu-
tions

I:fhet it is expedient that a department of the Execu"
tive Government, so constituted as to obtain pui the con-
fidence, be established for the superintendence of inilrgar
business.

2. That all proposals for the construction of new- liv.es of
railway, or for extensions or branches of existing En es, or
for the amalgamation of lines already authorised with other
lines or with canals, or for leasing railways or canal .8 ~o rail-
way companies, or for any other purposes relatin to rail-
ways, for which the sanction of Parliament is requi red'., toge-
ther with plans, sections, books of reference, and oti ter papers
required by the standing orders, should be laid b( !fog :e such
department.

3. That the department should test these plans, rsections,
&c., through its own engineers and officers, by mea ,na of local
examination or otherwise, as it may think fit, and should
inquire into and report to Parliament upon the particulars
required by the standing orders to be specially rep. art ed upon
by Committees on railway Bills; and that no Cou rro ittee on
any railway Bill should inquire further into such pa. rticulars,
unless by the special order of the House.
4. That this department should also inquire into. the com-
pliance with the standing orders, and how far tl re se, U
not complied with in any particular cases, ought to be dis-
pensed with, and should report thereupon to Parliamkent.
5. That the department should receive representatic ins from
local bodies, or from individuals, for or against any j )ropOsed
line, whether such representations have reference to matters
of public or private interests, and should hear the parties,
and should make such inquiries, on the spot, or otherwise,
as they may think necessary, and should report the facts,
and their opinion thereupon, to Parliament.
6. That the department should report in each, case what
in its judgment would be a proper tariff of fares and
charges.

7. That all Bills for effecting any of the objects enurne-'
rated in the foregoing resolutions should be submitted to the'
department for examination and approval ; and that it;
should be part of the duty of the department to enforce
formity in the preparation of such Bills, as far as circunk-
stances will allow.
8. That no Bill for carrying any such proposal into ere cG
should be introduced into Parliament without having Lb.
previous sanction of such department.
9. That the department should be charged with a genert
supervision of all railways, and canals in any way connectel
with railways ; and that for this purpose it should posse connect
the powers and execute all the duties now possessee.
exercised by the Board of Trade, and such additional powr'
as may be necessaw to enforce any regulations made fr o°
time to time for the accommodation and interests of the
public.
10. That the department should require from every.rAil"
way company periodical returns, according to a uniforl
plan, approved from time to time by the department,
that it should annually lay before Parliament a report,
giving the above returns, or abstracts thereof, together
such details and observations upon the state and Pro
gress of the railway system as it may deem useful.
August 7, 1846.

F Cabinet Council summonses were issued yesterday 0
the Ministers, to attend a Cabinet Council at
emthbeersl
o'clock this ternoon at the Foreign-office, trt°:
alththienst.,
: strmeeAt.RßlAElul the members
, Sloane
apnree.ssetnr
street,
t, Cabinet
Tvirierneilvej:cerhturcedcolll:::
by the Rev. C. F. Newell, M A
CuTrezmonplLeOdbgarri
eldest son of William Judd, Esq.,
land Judd, Esq., of the Middle '—', William WO
ton, to Alicia, daughter of the lte George Gloaterse,
°
Derrynokane, county Limerick. ia, an
FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT TO A 3303r.--Lest e",13„-A-bOY,
accident of a most frightful character occurred 1"-
reside
named Joseph Renner, aged ten years, whose friends he
at 110. 3, Pitt's-place, Old Kent-road. It appears that t
ostiedr-13erot-inpf..
unfortunate boy and two companions had been strolling
about until they reached Kennington-common, Where they
amused themselves for some time until they felt disposed to
return home. They all left the common for the purpose of
walking back, and when near N.ennington-lane the WY
Renner ran behind a cab which was proceeding to the Nine
Elms' railway station, when he
his head became fixed be-
tweenkes of the wheel and the shoulder of the axle-
i of the foot passengers,
tree. Several who saw the frightful
position of the poor boy, screamed out to the driver, whorlatantly stopped the horse. Several .,,
endeavoured to release him, but w persons ran to 12031_113.
were unable
head was so firmly fixed. It to do sof ro re_
Was
move the wheel, and when thdeemed necessarY d his,
head presented a most he was
este
poor lad was ex from from the
base of the skull to the frightful sight, the scalp or
and hanging his forehead being completely torn.
Over face. Hbleeding, into,
a surgeon's opposite, where 9 was carried,
to be se.
extensive that it w , the injuries were found . ~
all speed to the '
as
accident hun sirb."'
deemed necessary to remove ita4•
ward of St. Thomas's Hosp
where he was placed under the care of Mr. South. No bel3e9l
are entertained of his recovery.
THE PARISH
OF ISLINGTON AND THE COURT OW
CHANCR ' .—Last evening a numerous and higtil resr ,ect
ai •
able meeting of the inhabitants of the parish of St. 3 buy,
Islington, took place at the Angel Tavern. Mr. Su .Brans
having been called to the chair, stated that the nae,eting
was called to take into consideration the propriety of an
appeal to the Lord Chancellor against a decision of the
Vice-Chancellor Knight Bruce, in a cause the Attorney-.
General v. Pearson and others, and stated the circurd7
stances as follows :—ln the year 1842, a parishioner nsunede
Eliott was placed under restraint in the workhouse r
lunatic. He (Eliott) subsequently took proceedings ugainst
certain officers of the parish for false imprisonment, and
obtained a verdict, with 4001. damages. A new trial tools
place before the Court of Common Pleas, when the Judges,
decided that the acts complained of by Eliott were not acts
done in pursuance of the local Act of Parliament, and the
_
parish officers found themselves liable to the payment c,f
about 9001., without any fund but the parish rates to Pl/1
the same except the poor-rate. The parishioners d',s-
approving of the conduct of the officers refused to ar
te yior
the payment, and further litigation ensued. Ultinali
the Vice-Chancellor dismissed the information, each party
to pay their own costs. Resolutions expressing dissa
faction with the decision of the Vice-Chancellor, and be-
lieving such decision would be reversed by appealing to the
Lord Chancellor and the House of Lords, and dis.sPOProv
ing of the conduct of the trustees, &c., were passed•
ther
resolutions were also agreed to, and the meeting separated.
SITES FOR DWELLINGS FOR THE POOR.--The tWtO,
Bills just introduced into Parliament, by the Governmen _
under this title, propose to enact that the Commissioners
_oerf
her Majesty's `Woods may sell, subject to conditions, sites
thef
dwellings for the poor, out of lands vested in them by
Acts for the improvement of the metropolis, or out of the
heriditary possessions of the Crown. The grants, however,
de-
are to be void if the objects for which they were MOO be
parted from.