The Sun.
London, England, 1858-07-22 00:00:00

CRYSTAL PALACE COMPANY.

THE SUNDAY 'QUESTION--RESULT OP IHE POLL.
It may be remembered that, at the half yearly
meeting of shareholders of the company, held on
the 30th of June last, it was moved and carried by
a show of hands :
" That in the opinion of this meeting the open-
ing of the palace and grounds to' shareholders on
Sunday afternoons is desirable, and that it be re-
ferred to the Board of Directors to make such
arrangements as they may consider best for giving
effect to this resolution."
At a subsequent stage of the proceedings it was
resolved, on the motion of Mr. Sotheby, that a
ballot, of the shareholders should take place upon
the question.
The ballot oommenced on the afternoon of the
meeting, and was then reopened on Tuesday last
at the Crystal Palace, and continued until Satur-
day afternoon, when it finally elosed at four o'clock.
An adjourned meeting of proprietors was held
yesterday, at the Cry stal Palace, for the purpose of
announcing the result of the poll on the question,
whether the shareholders should be admitted into
the Palace on the Sunday, and also for the elec-
tion of one director—Mr. T. M. Farquhar in the
chair.
The CHAIRMAN said that the only business for
which they were met on that occasion was to de-
clare the resnitof the pAI, which, according to the
report of the scrutineers, stood as follows :
_For opening the Palace on the Sunday
to shareholders 43,480
Against

_ Majority . 24,075
The announcement was received with cheers
and
The CHAIRMAN said that the board would take
steps to carry into effect the wishes of the share-
holders. (Hear. )
Mr. L. SOTHEBY said that, whilst he of course
bowed to the decision of the majority, be could not
but express his opinion that the conclusion arrived
at was the most suicidal that had ever taken place
with respect to the interests of the Crystal Palace
Company. It was most suicidal, and it—
The CHAIRMAN said that they were met on that
occasion simply for the purpose of declaring the
result of the poll, and he could not allow the ques-
tion of the opening of the Crystal Palace on Sun-
days to be re-argued. (Hear.)
Mr. SOTHEBY thought that he had a right to say
some,hing on the presentation of the report. -
Mr. Etras—The decision of the proprietors is an
answer to the question. (Hear.)
The CHAIRMAN—Yes. The report which has
been read is conclusive, and I cannot have the
question re-opened.
Captain Yaw; said that be should avail himself
of the power he possessed of testing the legality of
the proceeding. He had the opinion of Sir R. Bethel',
which was opposed to the step about to be adopted,
and if the directors were determined to act upon
the resolution, he gave notice thAt it wculd involve
the company in further litigation.
The result of the poll for a new director was as
follows :

For Mr. Reed
„ Mr. Laurie
„ Mr. Spiller 6,021
A vote of thanks to the ECrutinectrs terminated
the proece dings.

CITY SEWERS COMMISSIOY.

The Commissioners of Sewers met on Tuesday at
Guildhall—Mr. Deputy Christie presiding.
Mr. DAW read the falowing, which will explain
itself :

"Metropolitan Board of Works,
tg_l, Greek-scree-, Soho, July 13, 1858.

, . . .
" Dear Sir,—l regret tht in consequence of
other pressing demands upon my time, I could not
look into the matter referred to. in your letters of
the 18th and 24 h July last.
"The passage in the report which you cite has
rcfcrenca to the main drainage loan, contracted by
the Metropolitan Commissioners of Sewers, amount-
ing to 140,0001. The board first charged a portion
of this debt on the City, in common with the rest
of the metropolis, and the total amount for which
the City would have become liable by that course
would hove been 14,185/. 3s. lid. mortgAge debt,
and 1,5331. Os. sd. in respect of the previous instal-
ment, Me: est, be., making together 15,7181. 4.9. 4d. ,
Upon coming into office the board fourvi that sum
of 140,0001. entire ; and though they temporar'ly
applied a portion of it to their cu. rent expenses
pending tl e collection of their assessments, a part
of the amount is still in their posses-ion, and the
remainder will be replaced as coon as the whole of
the precepts issued have teen complied with. The
Ifowl, therefore, still exists, and a portion of it,
nearly equal to the debt, viz., 14,9311. 15s. 91,
and a further sum for interest rec-Aved from tLe
bankers, would stand to the credit of the City of
L-ndon. When the coarse first proposed by the
board in this respect was Objecttd to, the board ex-
punged the debt so charged to the City, and at the
same rime reapportioned the shove amount of assets
among the other parts of the metropolis.
"lathe present state of this question the com-
mittee considered the legal position of the City and
the other districts to be this :—lf the board now
proposed to commence the main dra'nage, and to
carry out cne or more contracts, amounting to
• 155,000/., they would. hwe 140,010/. in hand on
account of the m,tropolio, exclusive of the City,
and the 15,000/., villich woul Ib3 the sh•tre cf the
City, would have to he raise I by a separate loan,
or might possibly ha demanded, by precept, in one
payment. This the committee ctnsidered to be
attended with inconvenience, and they made a re-
commendation for remedying it in the manner sug-
gested in their report.—l am, (isc.

" G. H. WOOLTCYCLI, Oleric-of the Boird.

"T. l aw, Esq., Gnildh :11,"

Incidental to this communication a long discus-
sion took place upon the Metropolis Loa3l Manage-
ment Act Amendment Dili, in the course of which
--;vl..ile the nee 534 of speedily dealing with the
main drainage question was fully tecogni ed—the
&tails of the new scheme were freely canvassed,
and more especially cotnpulszTy deolorisation was
objected to, unless preceded by experiments to prove
whether deodOri a ion might not be dispensed with,
and so a vast outlay saved without public danger
or inconvenience by the points of °natal being
fiked, as provided in the till, " at any !dace on the
left bank or shore of the said river not higLer than
the west bank cf Bar king-ci eek, and any place on
the right bask or shore of the said river nut higher
than Crossness Pint or Erith Marshes."
Eventually it was determined to petition Parlia-
ment to wake thetcleodorisation discretionary with
the. Metropolitan Board.