The Sun.
London, England, 1851-06-20 00:00:00

THE DECLIVITY OP HOLBORN-HILL.

A deputation of tradesmen from Holborn-hill ap-
plied to the Commissioners, requesting them to put a
stop to the present system of scattering sand upon
the bill, a practice which they alleged destroyed their
stcck, and inflicted upon them other pecuniary in-
juries.

Mr. T. H. HALL remarked that he wished the citi-
zens of London, and the press especially, would, in-
stead of dealing in these little matters, boldly take
" the bull by the horns," and unite for the purpose of
doing away at once and for ever with that greatest of
all nuisances, Holborn-hill.
Mr. H. L. TAYLOR said a certain portion of the
press had grossly misrepresented the state of the case,
as it was connected with the Smithfield improvement.
Had the latter project been agreed to, the evils com-
plained of would not have been suffered long to exist.
Mr. R. TAYLOR said that Sir Peter Laurie was
wrong in supposing the immediate inhabitants were
to blame in this matter. The fact was that the Com-
missioners of Woods and Forests and the House of
Commons were the parties upon whom the blame
rested.—(bear, hear.) While these officials were
engaged in their " scandalous jobs" in the House of
Commons, it was in vain for members of that court
to hope that the interests of the citizens of London
would be considered by the Government.
Eventually it was decided that the application
should be entered on the journals of the court.

STATUE OF THE LATE SIR ROBERT PEEL IN THE CITY.
Sir Peter Laurie, attended by Mr. B. T. Phillips
and Mr. Richard Williams, as a deputation from the
committee with reference to the Peel statue, then
appeared in court, for the purpose of explaining
to the commissioners that the committee had
named two places as eligible for the bronze statue
of the late illustrious senator, Sir R. Peel. One site
was the western end of Cheapside, and the other the
eastern end of the Royal Exchange. The deputation
wished to know whether there would be any objection
to their placing the stgute_ upon the first-named site,
as that appeared to be,thi;' most eligible to the mem-
bers of the committee.

Further information as to the size of the statue at
the base and other technical details being required,
the matter was dropP74 until the- necessary infbrma-
tion can be suppliea to the ConOissi°"rs•
Tiips, NEW STREET PROM DOWGiLTE-1111,1, .70 ST. PAUL'S.
Uputi the applicftkien of Mr. Triv4As HALF
the chgirman of ttie Improvement Committed of the
City of London, and on behalf of that Committee,
q *as agreed that the line of widened street from
Eastcheap to Vowgate-hill should be still called
Cannon-street, and that that portion of the new street
from Dowgate-hill to St. Paul's Churchyard should
be called Cannon-street West.
Shortly afterwords the Commissioners adjourned.

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most cruel Manner, which induced some humane persons
to give him in charge of a constable, who took him before the
vrome magistrates; and the case being heard, he was sen-
tenced to one month's imprisonment in &lepton gaol.
The fellow was then taken back for a short period to the
Guard House, while the constables procured a van for his
rettioval to the prison (a distance of 13 miles), but on
the return of the officers they found that their prisoner,
either from spite or some other motive, had torn every
article of his clothing into small pieces, and was in
A complete state of nudity. This placed the constables for
a few secor.ds in what is called " a fix," but with all due
regard to common decency they promptly met the emer-
gency by procuring a large sack, shoved Bob into it feet
foremost, tied it comfortably round his neck, seated him in
the van, and in that state delivered him to the custody of
Mr. West, the worthy governor of Shenton gaol. As we are
not in the confidence of that gentleman, we cannot state
what Bob's attire will be when he is discharged.—Somerset
County Gazette.
CHANGES OF CAVALRY QUARTERS --The 16th
(Queen's) Lancers will march from Hounslow on Saturday
next for Manchester, to relieve the 3d (Prince of Wales's)
Dragoon Guards, and the latter will march to Birmingham
to relieve the 4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards. The 4th
\Royal Irish Dragoon Guards will proceed, ri,i Liverpool, to
relieve the 6th (Enniskillen) Dragoons, at Dundalk. These
1 changes, which were contemVated, but net carried out owing