Court Of Common Council.
The Times, 1824-07-30T00:00:00

Yeste9day a Courtawas held forthe despatch of 7usinese. STATE O- THSE STREgrS IN T]aE CITY. The LoRD MAYoU;I,oseta direct the attention.of-the memibers ofthe.00*t0tjo a subjeio conusderable ihiortiiii'e to the'tradc and comfEotrdtf-.therdltyGemeaiiidtthesUte_o hesrets;:aitE hourf ihrebqses; Dht'Stie'ets-weireT hh'er11i' e-` tat o 't-ron. !fsiono6wins itothe,wanrt-fr, propec regutl4oui. 'eI 'had. himself prdceed6d throuillthe city froriwthe Blaion-Eusetenple'bar, ahdn4-bick-agiglh 'through }?Nlu6rn-ithout seeing more than one areti tkeeper, and the passeyc thirough thc streets at the sane tine >:WSadJ o ubbted .by, carts. thick6l.g'hich were ranged near the ,pavemnbSt. 11e had exerted himself ?o remedy this eyilF'hui ill hi; exertions, he found, would-be ui)aveiig, unless they wesecond- ed-by those of thie Deputies of the Wards in the4itj. Ee therefore took this opportunity of calling upon themppublicly to seethat pro. perioffiters'and street-keepers' shbuld be appointed tod keep the streets free from obstruction. The street.keeper5stpresentap pointed were 'too eften incapable of executing their dutieei- ciently; indeed, he knew that in one instance ap 'ol mana had. been appointed a street-keeper, solely in orc4er to prevent him from be. coming a burden to. the parish. Ilis Lordship concluded by 'ex. pressing a hope tbat his observationswould have the desired effect. l r,. HuRtcomnmE thought that the public was obliged to his Lord- ship for calling the attention of the Court to this subject. The Cor. poration ought, in his opinion, to apply for an act of Parliament to extend the ju?isdiction of the Aldermen' to many matters at present beyond their control. Ar. Alderman_CRovDER said that the street-keepers were not appointed by the wards, but by the parishes, many of Which weretoo noor to appoint a sufricient number. Amongst the nuisances which prevailed.l t he city, he knew of none which more loudly called for suppression than that of dogs drawing trucks. A great nutnber of accidents had come to his knowlcdge which hMd been occasioned in his ward by thcse savage animals. It was impossible for any per- son to walk in safet near tlhest dogs. Mr. SAVAGE said that the animals which had been alluded to by. the worthy Alderman were dangerous to horse-riders as well as to foot passengers. He knew that manY accidents -had happened to per. sons on horseback in consequence of truck dogs. The LOIkD AlIAYon observed, thiat -the accidents 'occasioned by these dogs were not brouglit betbre the public, because the trucks had no numbers or names upon then, by which they could be iden. tified. Mr. Alderman WOOD said, that one great cause of the obstruc- tion in the streets was the practice of having mere hackney-coaclhes on the siands than were authorized to be there by act of Parliament. Here the convesation ended. A ir. Deputy RoUTIt presenitAd apetition from Mlr. Ralph Lind. say, conmphaining that be bad .been improperly removed froni the si. tuation ot Deputy Bailiff of the borough of Soutliwark. The worthy Deputy then moved the following1resolutions:- 1 Ist, That the said petition be referred to the Committee for Ge. neral Purposes to examine aiid report thereon. '2dly, That inasmdch as 'Mr. Ralph Lindsay's appointment to the office -f ,eUepufy Bailiff of the borQugh of Southwark received the sanction of this Conrt under their common seal on the 13th of February, 1818, which has uever since been revoked ; the Court e!an- not, in the present state of the proceeding, recognize any Other person as Deputy Bailiff'of ttie borough of Southwark." The resolutions were agreed to. The Court was then occupied at considerable length in a discus- sion on a report of the Committee of City Lands, respecting a stand. lug in Billingsgate-market. The report was negatived on a division by a majority of 21; the numbers being- For the report-2 Aldermen; 24 Commoners; 2 Tellerg-28. Against it-47 Commoners; 2 TeUers-49. 'While strangers were withdrawn, Aldennan VEN.ALES observed, that mixed iup as the c,sse had L7een with gross personalities, It was extremely difficult to know on which side justice preponderated, for which reason neithek himself nor several other aldermen near hin would vote upon it at all ; but ot' one thing he was more than ever convinced by this debate-the necessity for the Corporationi taking some effectual measures for the regulation and improvement of Bil ingumgate-inarket, and which he trusted would be very speLdily commenced. The Court unanimously agreed to recommend to the Court of Sewers gradually to carry into effect the improvement of Upper Thames-street, by pulling down the houses, and widening that part of it next Queenimitlhe, where at present there is only room for onie cart to pass. Some other business of no public interest was transacted, and the Court rose at halfipast three o'clock. COURT oF Commox COUNCIL.