New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1866-01-16
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sa.ster Of towns some old, some new 90" VI Civ"
... aggregate from the filing mp OF che oianh spaces
vhieh onoe divided them munoipa Ivy III ih'0ie''',
state 10 population il Is at present i"ieu w '"o LOW
MAYOR and Corporation. who date oaeK W 'he ,'he :"
The Plantsgepets and the Metropolitan boaru VI "ohs
which is Of yesterday. Now though 'he
Vascular pre,ty well and harmOnousy, neither are upto
the necessities Of the time; and tie latter Is a"e 10
.o;s;on a, authority even within its domain, being
Indirectly elected through the medium OF local vestres
In short London is less satisfactorily governed than
Iiverpool or Manchester. Now we have Mr. james
Besi submitting to st. James, Vcstry and the pubic
scbemo which John Stuart Mil, who endorses it (wth
one obiection) describes the union OF all tohu'h
into one body tor municipal purposes with smaller
bodies Of the same sort for purposes special 10 eaeh OIL
the parliamentary divisions" III fact tho parishes are
10 manage their own affairs exactly as the seVerai
States of the American Union do with general gov
eminent over them for the common good. Eaeh Is W
have one local governing bod5. in which all Nes'ries
shall be merged, and this body is to manage the ou'i
ness which is essentially local. but there shall DO formed
metropotsn council elected from the several muLel~
pes to take charge of the general interests now IN
the hands Of the Metropolitan Board OF Works the CITY
Corporation and the Middlesex Magistrates rathei
remarkable that. yet. no objection has been raed
10 this plan by The Hrad and aHdGrd on the scOre VI
its "Americanizing" London.
Furthermore. not in this connection, but sprnging
naturally out Of it, let me notice other intended IN
movements in this overcrowded metropolis, where
street accidents are so that they have now
regular column to themselves in the weekly bill OF the
Registrar General and the loss Of life thereby occa'
stoned exceeds month that on all the railways Of
England in year. A new City Traffic Regulation
Bill has been ast passed by the Lord Mayor and Cor
poraop the objects Of which, briefly stated, are as
follows:
"Cer.sn parts of the street are TO be assigned TO
and the different varieties OF carriages licensed
for the conveyance Of passengers ana goods Linlls
ere TO be imposed upon tue hight and width OF meT-
etlndse with which drays laden; while there are
u be special periods in the day for the process OF M
loading. Bsrrows, trucks, and we suppose, perambl
istors TO be confined TO some settled portion OF TIE
pavement. Loads with four horses and all articles ex
reeding certain not to he driven through the
streets between tie hours Of a. ~ and p. N; nor
locomotives between a. M and 20 P m. Pe T,;ns
L1der 90 years of are not TO be allowed 10 0Ve
vehicles drawn by more than one horse"
Again, persons under nineteen are not 10 have the
Temporary charge Of vehicle or horse; bat what theD
will become of the juvenile street Arab Of twelve and
RDder Of whose principal means OF subsistence IS
that occasonsl employ ment sngsesivey asked IN the
especially aise worthy in the bill; drivers of any kind
ofcarriage must be able to see aeraly as wei as In
'front.'; and penalties are to be imposed upon all VINO
place in any upper window fowerpot or box, or other
meter or thing without sufficiently guarding it from
being blown thrown down. Various other bylaws
property OF those who now daily traverse the London
streets without guard or remedy
These regulations however are only binding within
the precincts Of the city proper Also, We ore prom
ised foot bridges tunnels, at all the great crossings
In the former case, adding entirely feature to
the architecture Of London BY the way the Londor,
Chatham and Dover Railway Bridge across Ludgate
Hill approaches completion, and as handsome as tie
Necessary d;sproportion between its length and mas
sveness will permit IN addition to the railway lirer,
it will have iootway either eide for passengers.
Taking Of accidents that to the Samphire Mail
Packet, which came into collision with American
bark while trying to cut her bows in crossing
the Channel. attracted a good deal Of attention
counted for by the fact of the commences of the risk
now ,a-days. 1t must have been an appalling scene,
and has been well described by some one who fell in
with the human salvage at Ostend. An episode about
Russian gentleman Who having jumped overheard in
his fright kept afoa by his cloak for half hour
and then. pulled up three times to the very bulwarks.
sank back TO be drowned at last. eIcaiming Encore
ssvOuspre ~ reads very terribly. Only we are always
told that people whenever they under the in1u.
eDce Of strong emotion, whether Of 10y sorrow
fear, invariably use their native language, matter
how long they may have been speaking that Of others
However. the poor Russian have been thoroughly
Frenchfed that he hadn't any Nuscoyiie left to die
with.
To other matters. President Johnson's message the
foil text of which was published Monday last the
lst) gives very general satisfaction all but the most
inveerate partisans ohe Southern States and Slavery
who. here. as among you, gIumble. AS for the little
bin" for the depredations Of the Alabama Co-well
it's not pressed you know and people live so much in
the present that really temporary mpunity TO
hide the inevitable settlement which looms in the fu
ture." Mainly, John Bull shelves consideration OF it,
tries TO ignore il. as Carlyle tells us that Louis XIV
did that other iHexorabiy--D eath-which is not more
certain. at" says the sage Of Chelsea sis the re-
of the ostrich who sticks his foolish head in the
ground and would ain forget that his foolish unsceing
body Is not unseen too" There have been the most
comfortable editorials written the subject compli-
mentiDg you highly as people, eomplmeniing Presi.
dent johnson and bis address. conpimentng history
the unexampled and magnificent spectacle presented
by the Re United States to mankind in general insist.
ing that B. is very glad Of itand suggesting that
a. ne undoubtedly observed neutrality between the
belligerents" faithfully as his perhaps mproyable
International laws allowed you won't positively be so
unreasonable to refer TO little dissgreesbles which
had much better be buried in oblivion. All of which
Is very soothing'-as Mr.. Pecksuif observed when
be Game out Of his bedroom the top landing at Tod
Fers attired only in his shirt under the influence Of
punch and chronic rheumatism Likewise "cool and
rcfreshing." hope you may appreciate il. A supple
ment to last nights Gazette contains further correspond
sncs between Mr.. Adams Earl Russell, and the Earl
OF Clarendon mp to the date Of the I'd of the present
month. 1t relates chiefly TO the Shenandoah IN his
hast letter our Minister that the Government
Of the United States declines the nronosa ~ Ear, Pms