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THE SIJN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, DECENIBER 7, 1861.

and ratepayers as would meet the requirements of

he case.

After a short discussion, the report was received

and the recommendation adopted.

IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CITY OF LONDON.
The adjourned debate on the following report of
he Works and Improvements Committee was re:

sumed :—" That having considered the memorial

and letter from the Commissioners of Sewers of the

City of London relative to the widening and im-

proving of Great Tower-street, they are of opinion
that it is a most desirable public improvement, but

are not prepared to express any opinion as to the
propriety of the Board contributing towards the
cost." To this report an amendment had been

moved :—" That the Board do contribute the sum

of £552 13s. 4d. towards the cost of the proposed

mprovement, being one-third of the estimated cost

,hereof."

Mr. ECKETT was of opinion that before the Board
should contribute towards this improvement they
ought to have some further information as to the
terms upon which the property had been purchased

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by the Commissioners of Sewers of the city of Lon

don. He should move that the report be referred

back to the committee for further consideration.
Mr. BENNETT seconded this motion.
Mr. PECKETT protested against this course, as it
was only brought forward for the purpose of delay
and with a view of throwing the question over
altogether.
Mr. H. L. TAYLOR said, if it was the determina-
tion of this Board to withhold any assistance to the
city of London towards these improvements, let
them at once say so, and then he could understand
these objections and this determined opposition.
Such a course was most discreditable to them, but

he could tell them that if they refused to aid the
city it would not have the effect of staying the

hands of the Commissioners of Sewers, as they

would go on effecting such improvements as would
be for the benefit of the public in that part of Lon-

don where suet impLuTLICOO.C3 ..17 o•Q• 4,13.0. I.fliV

required.
Mr. MACDONALD said only a limited sum o
money was set apart by the Board every year for
these improvements, and on looking at the sum
which had been expended he found that the city of
London had received more than its fair share.
Mr. FREEMAN opposed any further expenditure
on the city of London.
Mr. WILKINsoN said he was determined to op-
pose the granting of another shilling to the city of
London until the constitution of the Board was
altered and they had other sources of revenue than
those now squeezed out of the poor ratepayers of the
whole metropolis, in the form of sewer rates.
Mr. ROBINsoN said he should oppose these grants
to the city of London until they had other funds
from which they could make such improvements.
They had at present no money by which they could
make such improvements, and such bit by bit work
as was brought before them was only so much
money thrown away.
Mr. WALLIS should oppose the motion for delay,
for the longer the matter remained unsettled, the
longer would the public be put to inconvenience.
It was a narrow street, without room for two carts
to pass, and no footpath on the north side of the
street whatever. He denied that it was a city, but
a great metropolitan improvement.
Mr. HALL could not understand what they were
fighting for, seeing that during the six years the
Board had been in existence, the enormous sum
which they had spent in metropolitan improvements
was less than one farthing in the pound, and that
was the sum which had b€ en stated as falling so
heavily on the poor ratepayers of the metropolis.
It seemed to him that the only principle they were
fighting for was that of the dog in the manger.
They would not effect the improvements themselves,
and were determined to oppose them when the
city of London was willing to perform them, and
furnish two-thirds of the funds for the purpose.
There was not a parish in London which did not
make use of the city, and on that ground he con-
tended that it was not a local but a metropolitan
improvement.
Mr. CRELLIN and Mr. BROOKER saw no use in
delaying the question, as the whole matter had
already been most fully investigated.
Mr. PEW said this was an improvement which
was imperatively required, and he would throw no
impediment in the way of carrying it into effect.
Mr. DERMER remarked that there would be no
delay in taking the course proposed, in referring
the subject back to :the committee, as the works
were already completed.
Mr. Deputy HARRISON hoped that the board
would not set up the principle that they would not
contribute to a great public improvement, merely
because it was in the city of London.
Mr. R. TAYLOR said he thought the alteration in
Great Tower-street would be a great public improve-
ment, but, at the same time, he was in favour of let-
ting the matter stand over for a fortnight.
After some further discussion the subject was re-
ferred back to the committee to report to. the board
on that day fortnight.
MAIN DRAINAGE WORKS.

A report was brought up from the Main Drain-
age Committee, stating that they had considered the
communication from the Croydon Local Board of
Health, requesting to be informed if the board had
power to allow the sewage from the South Norwood
district to drain into the main sewer at Bell-green,
and, if so, whether the board would enter into an
arrangement with the local board for that
purpose. The area referred to was beyond
the jurisdiction of the board. The committee
had given much consideration to this important
question, and had no doubt that the time was
not far distant when they would have similar
applications from other localities; but the Board
must bear in mind that the works of the main
drainage now being carried out were designed for
the drainage and rainfall, and the prospective water
supply of a given area, and that any addition thereto
would involve an increased expense for put aping,
and, without entering into the question whether the
Board could legally appropriate any of its funds for
effecting the object, they were of opinion that it
was not expedient to comply with the request.
The report was adopted, and after some other
business had been transacted, the Board adjourned.

111 E PROPOSED ROAD A GROS'S HIDE

PARK.

were no engineering difficulties at all to interfere.
With regard to the most naterial point—which he
was glad had not been lot sight of—namely, the
payment for such a road, he House of CJrnmons he
had always found very literal in allowing funds for
improving the parks for lark purposes; but he felt
this could not be considered as park purposes, so he
thought funds could not bElegitimately appropriated
for the purpose. The expense might, ho thought,
be defrayed by imposing s toll, but which he knew
to be particularly unpalatable, and which should be
avoided; and the most probable alternative, there-
fore, was that the parishes interested should raise
the funds. He should I-Ave looked to the Metro-
politan Board to find the funds, but he had been
told it would probably be useless, from the great
works they had on hand. Now, if the gentlemen
present would appoint a committee to ascertain and
set before him the way the funds could be found,
he thought he could find the plan, as he believed it
very necessary that it should be done before the
opening of the Great Exhibition next year. The
Hon. First Commissioner fully coincided with an
observation from Mr. Tito that there would be not
the least interference with Rotten-row, whether it
was a sunk road or a tunnel.

as scene-shifter. He told him he should lock him
up for decoying the prosecutor's child from her
home, and he replied he did not know where she
was.
The prisoner, in reply to the charge, said that it
was his wish that the girl should return home on
the Monday evening, but she determined on going
with him. He also said she described her age as
above 16, and declared he knew nothing about her
being entitled to property.
Mr. Norton asked the girl some questions. She
appeared exceedingly precocious, said the prisoner
and herself were much attached, and declared she
had left home of her own free will and accord.
The prisoner was fully committed for trial, but
Mr. Norton consented to accept bail for his appear-
ance at the Old Bailey.

GREENWICH.—ASSAULT UPON A LADY IN A
RAILWAY CARRIAGE.—John Moriarty, aged 33, a
weli-dressed man, giving his address 10, Little
W indmill street, Haymarket, was charged with
assaulting Mrs. Matilda Miller, a young married
lady, residing at Croydon, while travelling in a
first-class carriage on the London and Brighton

itaitway.
Mr. Inspector Carpenter attended to watch the
case on behalf of the company.
The complainant said—l was a passenger by the
5.15 p.m. train on Thursday from Croydon to Lou-
don. I took my scat in a first class carriage, there
being no other passenger in the carriage at that
time. A few minutes afterwards the prisoner, who
had asked me on the platform if the train was
about proceeding to London, entered the carriage,
and sat opposite to me. On the train starting, the
prisoner asked me if he might look at a newspaper
which I had in my hand, and I handed it to him.
He then said he could not see to read the paper, and
began talking about a female who, he said, he had
been living with, but to whom, he said, he had
given £6,000 to marry his coachman, and that he
had set them up in a public-house. He then said I
was very much like the female he had been speaking
of ; that he was a gentleman, and brother-in-
law to the Marquis of Waterford, and had his
carriage waiting for him at London-bridge. He
asked me if I was married, and wanted me to go
ith him in his carriage. I told him not to talk to
me in that way, or I should report him to the guard
of the train. He then made use of most indecent
expressions, itzia ‘,r hantig. and drag-._
ged me towards him, scratching one of my hands in
so doing. He then made use of some more impro-
per language, and on the arrival of the train at
New-cross I complained of his conduct.
In answer to the magistrate, the complainant said
she thought the prisoner was under the influence of
liquor.
William Humphreys said—l am ticket collector
at the New-cross station, and on going to the car-
riage in which complainant was seated I found her
crying, and the prisoner endeavouring to get out of
the carriage by attempting to open the door on the
opposite side. The prisoner produced a third-class
ticket, and refused to pay the excess fare demanded,
and abused me. The lady complained to me of
having been assaulted by the prisoner, and I called
the gaud.
John Glodden, guard of the train, corroborated
this evidence, and said that on seeing the com-
plainant crying, he asked why she had not com-
plained at a previous station, when she said that
she was so much agitated that she did not know
what to do.
The defendant said he had no answer to make to
the charge, as he was very drunk at the time. He
was very sorry for what had happened.
The railway servants denied that he was intoxi-
cated, although he might have been drinking.
Mr. Traill said it was evident the prisoner had
intentionally followed the complainant into a first-
class carriage with a third-class ticket, seeing she
was alone and unprotected ; and in order that in-
quiries might be made concerning his character, he
should remand him until Wednesday next.
The prisoner asked for bail to be accepted for his
appearance; but
Mr. Traill refused the application, and he was
removed in custody.

Leith Fort, and for a considerable time before his
marriage with Mrs. Forbes. It was through
Colonel Hamley, R.A., that I got acquainted with .
him. Calonel Hamley is an intimate friend of my
brother, Mr. John Blackwood, publisher. Prior to
his marriage with Mrs. Forbes I met Major Yel-
verton several times at my brother's house, and
also at Leith Fort, when he was with his brother
officers.
Interrogateci--Did you regard him as a married
or unmarried man P—(Questaion objected to, but
allowed quantum valeat )
Deponed—l regarded him as a bachelor. I un-
derstood that he mired in society on that footing.
I never saw the pursuer- I did not form my
opinion that the defendant was unmarried from
any observation regarding thOt lad
oined the
Lieutenant Arthur Rait, exaalined—l jhe
Artillery at Leith in November, 10 7, and remained I
left for India.
at that station till July, 1858, when ,
I know Major Yelverton quite well•
a bachelor
Interrogated—Did you look on him as
—I looked
or a married man ? (Objection repeater
on him as a bachelor till he married Mrs. Forbes.
Major Chalmer, Laibert-house,
knew Major Yelverton. He visited at my house,
and on two occasions, I think, about November or
December, 1857, he stayed there. I know nothing
of the pursuer. I received his visits as those of an
unmarried man.
At this stage the proof was adjourued till another
day, to be fixed.

FROM THE GAZETTE OF LAST EVENING.

•
BOROUGH OF NOTTINGHAM.
The Gazette contains the Speaker's warrant for issuing
a new writ for the election of a member to serve in Parlia-
ment for the borough of Nottingham, in the room of John
Mellor, Esq., now one of the judges of the Queen's Bench,
PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT.
At the Court at Windsor, 4th December, 1861, present—
the Queen's most excellent Majesty in Council. It is this
day ordered, by her Majesty in Council, that the Parka-
Ment which stands prorogued to Tuesday, 17th December,
be further prorogued to Tuesday, 7th January next.
At the Court at Windsor, 4th December, 1861, present—
the Queen's most excellent Majesty in Council. It is this
day ordered by her Majesty in Council that the Convoca-
tions of the Provinces of Canterbury and York be prorogued,
from the day to which the same now stand prorogued, to
Wednesday, Bth January next.
DOWNING-STREET, DEc. 5.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Francis Hincks,
tuv.? Governor Chief in and over
the Islands of Barbados, Grenada, St. Vincent, Tobagy,
and St. Lucia, and their dependencies), to be Governor anti
Commander. in-Chief in and over the Colony of British
Guiana.
Her Majesty has, also, been pleased to appoint James
Walker, C. 8., to be Governor and Commander-in-Chief in
and over the Islands of Barbadoes, Grenada, Saint Vincent,
Tobago, and Saint Lucia, and their dependencies.
Her Majesty has further been pleased to appoint William
Jambs Dunbar Moodie, Esq., to be Re &lent Magistrate of
Klip River District, in the colony of Natal, and Frederick
Simon Berning, Esq., to be Registrar of Deeds and Distri-
butor of Stamps for the colony of Natal.
DOWNING-STREET, DEC. 6.
The Queen has been pleased to ar point Brevet-Colonel
William Munro, C. 8., to be a Member of the Council of
the Bermudas, or Somers Islands, in America.
Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint Sir John
Thomas, Kt., to be a Member of the Executive Council of
the Island cßarbados,and David Cowie and Peter Caruth,
Esqrs., to be Members of the Executive Council of the
Island of Saint Vincent.
Her Majesty has further been pleased to appoint Thomas
Begg, Esq., to be a member of the Legislative Council of
the island of Trinidad, and Andrew Munro, Wm. M'Ewen,
Henry Beikeley, and George Brooks Van Buren, Esqs.,
to be members of the Legislative Council of the island of
Grenada.
WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, DEC. 6.
STAFF. _

Brevet-Colonel kennith Douglas Mackenzie, C. 8.,
Lieutenant-Colonel half-pay, late 92d Foot, to be Deputy
Quartermaster-General in Canada, vice Brevet-Colonel
Napier, appointed Major-General on the Staff in North
America.
Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel James Conolly, Major unat-
attached and Assistant-Adjutant-General in Canada, to be
Deputy-Adjutant-General in Canada.
BREVET.
Brevet-Colonel George Thomas Conolly Napier, C. 8.,
Lieutenant Colonel unattached, to have the temporary
rank of Major-General while employed on the Staff of the
Army in North America.
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.—Assistant-Surgeon Seth Sam,
from the 60th Foot, to be Staff Assistant-Surgeon, vice
Henry James Rogers, placed upon half-pay.

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Dec. 3,1 t her cl.the duties of Customs paid or
payable thereon on' th( importation thereof into Great
Britain : per cwt.
Muscovado, the producta of British America.. 23s 9id

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• lA-17ERpo OL—DEc. 6.
A thin attendance at our mat lot to-day, but a fair sale
was experienced for wheat at Tn esday's prices. Flour in-
quired for at the full prices of this day veok. Indian corn
was at less money, but only a very limitad business done.
Oats more saleable, but unchanged in prim. Oatmeal slow
at late rates. Beans and
_peas held for previo as quotations,
but a dull sale.

WAKEFI ELD—DEc. 6.
We havo fair arrivals oi,". grain. Wheat wag held for
higher prices, with a good trade, at sto2 is advance upon
last Frieay's sates. Barley, except fine parcels, Sill ne-
glected. No change in oats .Ind other articles.

EXETER---DEc. 6.
The supply to-day was very good; prices firm, and may be
quoted as follows :
Wneat, white..7s 9d to 8s 3d I Barley.. 4s Od to 45 61
Ditto new .05 Od to Os Od (kits 3s Oa to 3s 31
Flour, fine, 46s to —s; seconds, 44s to per sack.

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CATTLE.
i
A moderate supply of bullocks, and a good supply of
cows tu:d calves. Sheep fair.
Fat beef,p score, 1080 d to lls Ewes, per lb ....Gd to 64
Pork earcases,do lOs Od to lls \ Wethers, d 0...... 60 to 7d
Lambs, per lb —d to —d Fat calves, d 0... 7d ton'.
L'ough fat, 4d per lb.

BO.IST OL SUGAR—DEc. 6.
The marks` for rt:w ougars still remains dull, the sales
being most trifling,
a: 6,1 decline. In refined goods there
is also a slow business Ooi.ng at about ls lowe npo •
vious values. In Jamaica' rum
for, andDemerara
ng doing
some 'sales made at
and Leewards more inquiren*
id per gallon advance on spec'.lati°n•