The Sun.
London, England, 1867-06-01 00:00:00

Metropolitan Board of Works.

The usual weekly meeting of the members of this
board was held yesterday at the offices in Spring-,
gardens—Sir J. Thwaites in the chair.
The financial• statement was presented, which
showed that the cash balances in the hands of the
treasurer amounted to £458,382 15s. 8(1., cheques
not presented £53,7957x.81 Cheques were ordered
to be drawn for public improvements amounting
to £12,399 Os. 11d.

THE PROPOSED IMPROVEMENT AND WIDENING OF

PARK-LANE.

A report was brought up from the Works and
General Purposes Committee, which stated that
they had further considered the communication
from the parish of St. George, Hanover-square, on
the widening of Park-lane ; and in reference to it
the vestry transmitted to them a copy of a letter re-
ceived from the First Commissioner of her Majesty's
Works, 8.t., in reply to the resolution of the vestry
on the subject of widening Park-lane, stating that
upon a representation to her Majesty that the width
of that portion of Park-lane within the parish of St.
Greorge, Hanover-square, was not sufficient to pro-
vide for the safe passage of the increasing traffic
through it, and that the widening of so much thereof
as abuts on the Royal demesne of Hyde-park would
be a great public improvement, her Majt:sty had been
graciously pleased, in order to facilitate this im-
provement, to authorise the setting back of the park
boundary fence, and to permit the portion of the
park which would be thus left unenelosed to be ap-
propriated by such body o'r bodies as the C.omtuk-
sioner of Works might direct, for the purpose of
widening and improviug Park-lane. The First
Commissioner also stated that he was then prepared
to consider any pans and sections which might be
submitted to him by the vestry of St. George,
Ilanover-square, how they proposed to widen and
improve the carriage-way and footpath. The com-
mittee had discussed the subject of the correspon-
dence, an I they were. strongly impressed with the .
importance of carrying out such an improvement as
the one suggested. The application for the board
to make up and put into a proper state of repair
land which had been gratuitously given up for the
purpose of widening an existing thoroughfare was a
somewhat unusual one ; but it appeared to the com-
mittee that this was a special and exceptional case,
as Park-lane was well known to be an important
leading thoroughfare, connecting, as it did, the
traffic between the north and south-west portions
of the metropolis, and since the opening of the rail-
way termini at Victoria it had become one of the
main routes for omnibuses and other traffic. It
must be borne in mind that there was no outlet be-
tween this point and Kensington for the traffic to
the south-west portions of the metropolis. It ap-
peared, therefore, to the committee that the im-
provement was in no way a local one, but an essen-
tial one of a metropolitan character, and should be
carried out by this board, more especially when it
was borne in mind that the board was actually pro-
moting a bill for improving a portion of the lane, and
that the proposed extension of the widening would
in every respect render the improvement-more com-
plete and valuable. The committee considered that
a great boon had been conferred upon the fate-
payers by the grant of the land out of the park for
the purpose of the improvement, and they felt that
the board might with propriety and advantage to the
public interests comply with the request of the vestry.
They therefore presented the following recommenda-
tion for the adoption of the report :—" That taking
into consideration the fact that the grant which has
been made by the Crown of a portion of Hyde-park
for the purposes of facilitating the public traffic in
Park-lane, has been made with a view of completing
the improvement now sought to be effected by the
board at the Piccadilly entrance to the lane, the
board do put the road into a proper state of repair.
with a view to its being vested in and maintained in
future by the parish of St. George, Hanover-square.'
Colonel HoGG, M.P., seconded the motion.
Mr. RICHARDSON moved as an amendment that
the report be referred back to the committee for
further discussion, and urged that it. was very im-
proper for the aristocratic parish of St. George,
Hanover-square, to desire what was a local improve-
ment to be carried out at the cost of the entire me-
tropolis. The parish of St. George, Hanover-square,
was a very wealthy one, and if it was assessed 50
per cent. more than it was at present it would not
more than bear its fair share of the public burdens.
Mr. SILAS TAYLOR seconded the amendment, and
said it was his opinion that the parish of St. George
ought to be called upon to do the work.
Cul. lIoGG, M.P., supported the original motion,
and in reference to St. George's being an aristocratic
parish he said when he was returned to that board
he did not come there to represent one corner of the
metropolis, but to look to the general interests of the
whole of the metropolis, and he contended that
there was no wish on the part of the parish of St.
George's,Hauover-square, to shirk any burdens that
could be fairly cast upon it.
Mr. 11. L. Tavt.on believed that a great principle.
was involved in this question, as it was proposed to
contribute to property that had not come into their
P •
(is ession, and of which they did not possess the fee
simple. If it was intended to be adepted as a gene-
ral rule, and to apply to the application from the
City he should give it his cordial support.
The CIIAIRIIAN then put the motion, when the
amendment was negatived by 18 to 14.

'J'►vo or tl►ree other ametichneuts were moyeJ, bu
eventually the original motion was carried.

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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT

HOUSE OF LORDS.—LAST EVENING.
The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at
five o'clock.

PRIVATE BUSINESS.
The London and North Western Railway (Ashby and
Nuneaton lines), Mersey Docks and Harbour Board Bills
were read a second time.
THE TORNADO.
In answer to a question relative to the Tornado, from the
Marquis of Clanricarde,
Lord. DERBY said that communications relative
to the trial in the Spanish Courts, concerning. the
Tornado, had passed between her Majesty's
Government and Spain, and it was now
stated by the Spanish Government that a new trial would
take place. It appeared that the owners of the ship were
opposed to this course, but it would receive the support of
her Majesty's Government, as they should consent to a
new trial under the cirlumstanc:.s attending the trial of
the Tornado.

increasing mass of the community. He denied that the House
of Peers represented the agricultural interest because its most
wealthy landed proprietors, such as the Marquis of West-
minster, the Marquis of Salisbury, and the Earl of Derby,
had most of the property situate in towns, and not in the

counties.
Sir G. GREY said it was to be hoped that the matter
of distribution of seats would have been dealt with
in such a manner by the Government as would
put a stop to future agitation on the subject, but ho thought
that such an object had not been attained by the Govern-
ment, but that in the new Parliament to be elected under
the bill amongst one of its first duties it would be called on
to make a very great addition to the proposal at present
under discussion. He thought the proposal of the hon.
member for Wick would make the bill more valuable, and
therefore he should give it his earnest and hearty support,
at the same time ho reserved to himself the privilege of
reservation with respect to the details.
Tho CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER did not
deny that there were anonrilics in the present arrange-
ment; but in the representative system there always
must be. The principle the Government have gone on
in framing the bill has been to give representation to
those communities that have sprung up since 1832,
and which are not now represented in Parliament,
and wftli the exception of giving ono represen-
tation to a seat of learning, the Government have
in the present instance entirely acted in that spirit. (Hear,
bear.) Tho matter was one of the greatest difficulty, be-
cause you can easily draw up a scheme in the morning
which looked everything that could be desired in
fairness, but when you come to examine into the details,
the subject becomes one of the greatest difficulty, and
one that it would be both unwise and unsafe
to adopt. The Government had given the greatest
attention to the proposals in the bill ; but with respect to
the amendment of the hon. gentleman, the member for
Wick, ho hoped the house would hesitate before it adopted it.
(Hear, hear.) With respect to the system of giving a double
representative, and as was now proposed to give to
some places three representatives, personally he was
of opinion that one member alone was quite suffi-
cient to represent ono community. (Hear, hear.) That
was his individual opinion. The attempt to represent
minorities could only, in his opinion, result in a feeble
executive ; and, therefore, it was not for the advantage
of the country that it should come into practice.
Her Majesty's Government had acted on practical and
proved principles, and had sought to give representation
where it was wanted; and, under these circumstances ho
hoped the house would not involve itself in that sea of
trouble which tho adoption of the amendment of the hon.
member for Wick would most undoubtedly place it.
Mr. GLADSTONE supported the amendment of the
hon. member for Wick, and ho was surprised the right
hon. gentleman had not, before he resumed his seat, ex-
pressed his determination to adopt it. (Hear, hear, and
laughter.)
The house divided, when there appeared—
For the amendment 306
Against it ..
Majority
The house shortly afterwards adjourned till 9 o'clock.
At the evening sitting,
Mr. C. FORTESCUE, in calling attention to the present
condition of the Queen's University in Ireland, recapitu-
lated in detail the circumstances which led to tlso establish-
ment of the colleges and the university, the reasons why
the Roman Catholics were dissatisfied with these institu-
tions, the motives which induced the late Government to
grant a supplemental charter to the university (which they
had intended to accompany by legislation), the proceed-
ings in Convocation repudiating the acceptance of that
charter by the Senate, and the subsequent legal proceed-
ings, in the course of which the Master of the Rolls had
expressed an opinion against the power of the Senate to
accept it. Depicting next the difficulties under which this
state of things placed the university, ho insisted that the
Government ough to interpose either by sanctioning and
completing the scheme of the late Government, or by pro-
viding something better.
Lord NAAS, in reply, went through the same history,
and intimated that the Government had taken only a
Ministerial part in the matter, and before taking action
would wait until the ordinary tribunals had decided the
validity of the charter. But he acknowledged it to be the
duty of the Government to make university education more
' acceptable to the people of Ireland, and when the proper
time came they would not shrink from it. Regarding edu-
cation only as a moans, he agreed that nothing which had
been done heretofore ought to stand in the way of a satis-
factory settlement.
The claims of the Catholic University to a charter were
advocated by Mr. O'REILLY and The O'Doxoonell ; and
after some remarks from Mr. ACLAND in the same sense,
Mr. LOWE, after a warm eulogy on the wise and
statesmanlike policy which had founded the Queen's Col-
leges—the desire to bring up Irish youth of different re-
ligious persuasions in peace and harmony together—main-
tained that up to the mischievous interference of the late
Government, these Colleges, notwithstanding the ban of
the Roman Catholic prelates, had succeeded, whereas the
Roman Catholic University had been a conspicuous failure.
He, too, in his turn narrated the history of the supple-
mental Charter, accusing the late Government of a breach
of faith in passing it without taking the opinion of Parlia-
ment, and of packing the Senate to procure its acceptance,
and, in vigorous language, denounced their attempt to set
aside the system of united education and to hand Irish
education over to bigotry and intolerance.
Mr. GLADSTONE warmly repudiated Mr. Lowe's
charges both of breach of faith and of a design to reverse
the mixed system of education, professing himself as warm
a supporter as ever of the Queen's Colleges, which had not
failed, though there was a considerable section of the Irish
people whose wants they did not meet. The steps con-
templated by the late Government wont simply to assimi-
late the system in Ireland to that in England—to extend
the benefits and honours of University education to those
who were educated in denominational Colleges, and he
threw back the charges of intolerance and bigotry on those
who would force a large portion of the Irish people into a
system to which they entertained conscientious objections.
After some remarks from Mr. Pim, the house went into
Committee of Supply.
A vote of £15,000 to complete the sum necessary for the
adaptation of Burlington-house to the occupation of va-
rious learned societies was agreed to.
On the vote of .£20,000 for the new buildings for the
University of London, a resolution moved by Mr. LAYARD,
condemning the two designs.exhibited for these buildings,
was carried by 52 to 46.
Some other business was disposed of, and the house ad-
journed at a quarter past two o'clock.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

MEETING OF THE PENNSYLVANIA RAILRO.

COMPANY.
An adjourned meeting of the stockholders of the Penn-
sylvania Railroad Company has been held at Concert
Hall. At the annual meeting of stockholders in February
a resolution was adopted, which provided for a committee
of seven stockholders for the examination of the report,
and authorising and directing them to examine into and
report upon the expediency of issuing additional stock
and borrowing more money; and, further, to examine into
and report upon the operation and working of the system
of discrimination, of free passes, and of private freight
expresses, and to what extent the officers and employes
aro interested in the last, and the effect these have had,
and still have, upon the earnings of the road and the
rights and interests of the stockholders, with power to
send for persons and papers.
In order to give the committee time to make the exami-
nation, an adjournment was then had until the 30th of
April, and the present meeting was chiefly for the purpose
of hearing the report and acting upon it. The stockholders
were notified in the advertisement that at the meeting of
the 30th the act of Assembly approved March 22, 1867;
entitled "An Act to repeal an Act entitled ' A further
supplement to the Act incorporating the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company, authorising an iflerease of capital stock,
and to borrow money,' approved the 21st day of March,
A.D. 1866 ; and also to authorise the Pennsylvania Rail-
road Company by this act to increase the capital stock, to
issue bonds, and to secure tho same by mortgage," ap-
proved the 22d day of March, A.D. 1867, a proposed increase
thereunder of the capital stock of the company by 300,000
shares, would be submitted to the stockholders for their
action in the premises.
Tho meeting was called to order by Mayor Macmichael,
who, after stating in brief its object, made a few remarks
in reference to the appointment of the committee of in-
vestigation, and he had exorcised the greatest care in the
selection of the committee, and taking into view the high
character of the gentlemen composing it he felt that the
stockholders and the public would be entirely satisfied
with such report as they might make. Inquiry was then
made of the chairman if the committee was ready to report.
He replied that he understood a report had been prepared,
but he had not signed it. As a member of the committee
he had a statement which he should in due time submit to
the meeting.
Mr. Israel H. Johnson, of the committee, then read the
repot'. It sets forth that soon after their appointment
they met the president and board of directors, who ex-
pressed a willingness to aid the committee in every pos-
sible way, in order that the fullest investigation might be
made. The subjects referred to the committee were treated
in the following order :-
1. The system of discrimination. 2. Free passes. 3.
Private freight expenses. 4. Report of the Board of Di-
rectors. 5. Expediency of issuing more stock and of bor:
rowing more money.
On the first point, the report stated that the company
had no such system, and no discrimination had been made
between parties shipping freight under the same circum-
stances. The committee recognise the fact that equal
rates are most productive to themselves and satisfactory to,
the public.
In regard to free passes, it is a universal custom to issue
them, to some extent, but when carri.d beyond proper
limits it is unjust. The granting of t icse to all members
of the Legislature and City Counc 's is of a pernicious
tendency, and ought to be abolished. With tilts view,
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