Court Of Common Council.
The Times, 1824-08-06T00:00:00

leSTday a Cotit aibeld for tle despatel of'Ou4irass. he ImpTement Cammitts>preserete a, repot f t bhnds for the sum- of 150,L1OI., raised for the iirpos6 ot remno'ving Fleet.markeN which weas vreed to. '52ALME 'OF- ?LEET-5TR3SET. .. S:VC ral of the irrhabiiant-of FlcetNstreet appeared at the bar with a petit;o-n,complnninofAthe Dbstnsctioras and inecrvenlencet which arose in dtatetreeti troPr immense heaps of stone vwhich ivefe placed there by the pavicet;enpided to repair tbe st.eet. Mr. SAVA= E saltl dut;iWo tije last six weeks the state of Fleet- street had been most diszradft : great piles of stones were placed at the sides, and in the mniddle'of the street, sn as almost to obstruct the passage through it, But wvhich vwad worse than all, le believed it would be found, t'at par-t of tie pavement which haet been Te,. paired was not a bit better than that which had not been totuched. (Hear.) .r. Aldernmn GAR'DAwT was ef opinion, that the evil com. plair ed of was voluntatily occasioned by the paviers, in order to disust the publid rwithi the plan of paving by tnight, which was en- forced by a late ect of Parliamcnt. Mr; Alderman VYZxNAULEs concurred in the opixaion expressed by his brodier msgistrate thgt thq mnatter whidc had been brought under the eonsideration of the Court was part of the systerm adopt. ed by the contractors for paving, and others, to defeat the wholesome provisions Qf the'act of Parliament alluded to. The LoRiD AfAYOT said, that. the subject referred to in the petition was the uiost intolerable nuisance of the kind he had ever witnessed. Not only were the nev stones which were intended to be laid down left exposed in the street, but the old stones whicih had been taken up were not removed. If something were not dene by the fourt, he should.feel it his duty, if ho had the power, to direct the citv solidtir to indict the patties offending for a nuisance. The REco7uEn s-ai, there could be no doubt that the leaving of the stones in the way described was a nuisance. Mr. Alderman WooD thought that it was better tn get rid of the nuisaice at once than to indict the parties committing it. HIe suggested tihft the Lord- Alayor should immediately summon a court of Commissioners of Sewers, and propose to theRm to removc the stones; if they refused, he should himself order them to be re. moved. Air. DAw said, that if hc were a deputy of the ward in whichi Fleet-street was situated, he would take upon him6elf the responsi. bility of removing the stones to the (Green.yard. After some further conversation, the Court passed a resolution, re. eci.'ing the Lord Mayor to take the necessary measures to remove the nuisance complained of. THIE POOL. Mlr. RouTSupresented a petition from Mr. Charles Rowland, stating that he had formed a plan for removing the obstructione which at present existed in tihe navigation of the Pool below Lon- don-bridge, and praying that be m5glit be allowed ar opportunitv of explaining it to a committee. The plan, twe understood, consisted of the construction of a large dock for the reception of vessels, prin- ,.ipally colliers, which at present are accustomed to lie in the Pool. Mr. PEACOCK took that opportunity of stating, that much dan. ger was incurred bv the rapid manner in which steam-vessels pro. ceeded through the Pool. Mr. Alderman WVoon expressed himself unfavourably towards the Droposed plan. Mr. SmSrTri approved of the plan, and thought that thie naviga- tinn of the river would be materially improvel by it being earned into effect.-The petition was referredi to the Navigation Committee. EXTEs1OaD7 OF THE RtU,LES OF THE FLEET PRISON. Mlr. S. DixoN rose to call the attention of the Court to a subject of considerable importance. It appeared that thie Judges of the Court of Common'Pleas had receritly issued an order, directing that the rules of the Fleet prison should be extend3ed to a very valuable. part of the dtv. If sulch a measure took place, there cou3d be no, doubt that mnany eminent tradesmen would be most materially in, iured in their decaliogs. lie would state to the Court more itarticou i larIy the alteration which was proposed to be made on this sabject. 6 Byv a rule of the fonourable Court of Commoa Pleas, under the handsi of the Riht Honoutrable the fjord Chief Juslice, the Hon. 3fr. Jttstce Park, and the Hon. Mfr. Justice Barrough, made and passed on Friday, the 28th day of Alay last, after setting forth that it had been represented to the Court, that many of the houses with. is the rules of the Fleet prison had become greatly decayed, and unfit for habitation by such persons as generally obtain the benefit of the said rules, and which rules were at preaent so confined in space, as to rcnder a residence in some parts of the sanie unhealthy; and also that there was no place of public worship within the same (except the prison chapel :)-it was ordered, that fronm and after the last day of Easter term, the ntlcs of the said prison should be com. prised within the following bounds-that is to say, from the gate of the said prison in Fleet-market southwards, along the cast ride of Fleet-market and Bridge-street to the eod of Chatham-place; then crossing tite read, retuning northward alongChatham-place to WVil. liam.street, and westward along William-streat, northward along Water-street, westward along Crown-cot3rt, northiward tap Dorset. street, alongSalisbury-stqare and Salisbury,eourt to Fleet-street, along Fleet.street, from alisbury.court and Shoe-lane to the end of Ludgate-hi!l and Bridge-street, Including both sides of the uay In each of the said streets, place, courts. and square, except Fleet. street, and frotn the said gate northw ard, along the east side of Fleet-market to Fleet-larse. up Fleet.lane eastward to the Old Bai. ler along the Old Bailey.southward to Ludgate.hill, up. Ludgate. hili and Ludgateestreet to the esitward to St. Paul's church-yard, and from thence westward down tudgate-street and Yiudgate-hill to the corner of Bridge.street, including both sides of the way along the street, sane, and places last mentioned, also including the two churches of St. Brides, Fleet.street, and St. Alartin, Ludgate, and the several houses in the strects, lanes, courts, alleys, and plaees within the boundaries before dscribed, except Ave. Miaria-lane- Sea Coal.lane, and Blackfiiars gateway on 1,udgatc-hill, whi eh said last mentioned lanes and gateway should not bedeemcd nny partof thegaid tuls." Nobody could doubt that if the rules of the Fleet were ex- tended in tl,is tnanner,theintereots ofthecitizens would be greatly in. jured. lultitudes of fraud'ulent debtors would flock from the coan try to a place where they coupld carry on trade in the city without the expense or trouble of acqtniriog the rights of citizenship. He con- iaded by msoving that it be referred to the Committee for General Purposes tO take such measures as they sholId thinkl proper for op. ,posing the groposed extension af the rnles Of the Fleet prison, 12r. FATE t.t aeronded the motion. Mfr. Alderman VlrzAsr Es also supported the motion. Air. DoCNr(oan said, that In Miarch last it was made an in. atruction to the Committee of Improvements to see how far it would be practicable to effect the temonsal of the Fleet prison. He wished to know whether the committce hail adopted any measures on the sub- ject ? Mr. FLETCHIER made some reply which was inaudible. Mr. HAMSARD was of opinion that the removal of the Fleet prison ,would occasion great loas to the traders in the neighbourhood. The LORD MAYOR tbought that the proposed extension of the rules of the Fleet prison would only afford additional and unneces- sary indlulgenceto unprincipled debtors. He knew that many per- sons had been living in the rules for the last eight years, and spend. ing three or four hundred pounds a year, rather than divide their property among their creditors. (Hear.) The motion was then agreed to. illr. Temple was unanimnusly elected to fill the office of hall. keeper, in the room of the l5te Mr. Temple, his father. the Court then adjourned. touf? of eoFo-MMk eo*,to.