698:
460:. The call to create municipal boroughs based on parliamentary representation was rejected. The City did not become part of the Metropolitan Board of Works arrangements but did support it financially. Not a single proposal was imposed on the corporation and some minor suggestions were adopted by the City voluntarily and no legislation was enacted which effected any of the proposals which could have directly affected the city's interests.
146:
The number of wards of the city should be reduced, to between 12 and 16. The new wards would be of broadly similar area and population, with boundaries fixed by local inquiry. (Never implemented with respect to the 25 Wards of the city. The 26th Ward 'Bridge
Without' was abolished by the Corporation
150:
The size of the Common
Council would be reduced, and it would absorb the Court of Aldermen. The new Common Council would have three common councilmen and one alderman for each ward. (Never implemented; at the time there were over 200 Councilmen. Common Councillors reduced to 100 in 2004, but annual
434:
A Metropolitan Board of Works should be established consisting of a number of members deputed from the "municipal bodies" and the Common
Council. (Never implemented, the City did not participate in the arrangements but it did financially support and/or supplement these, e.g. Tower Bridge and major
90:
which recited previous charters without detailing them. Consequently, there was uncertainty to the exact rights, powers and privileges of the corporation. (Not effected, left as was to date but the corporation has sought parliamentary sanction to alter certain constitutional matters as a local
547:
Not implemented directly by
Commission-inspired legislation, the role had been in decline ever since the creation of new docks in the East End and Surrey whose owners would not allow access to the fellowship. An Act of Parliament finally dissolved the fellowship in 1894, giving each former
134:
for the city should be appointed in a similar way to the rest of
England. (A stipendiary was appointed to support and advise the Aldermen and 'lay' i.e. non-aldermanic voluntary JPs were appointed by the corporation to support
216:
The Lord Mayor's court and
Sheriff's Court should be consolidated. (This was implemented by the corporation; they were both civil courts and under the city's overall jurisdiction anyway, housed in buildings neighbouring each
154:
The electors for council elections should be all occupiers with a rateable value of 10 shillings or more, with no additional qualification. (Implemented by the corporation by automatically making all such tenure holders
548:‘fellowship’ porter compensation. However, ex-porters continued to make claims on the City of London’s benevolence funds for some decades: there were still 16 former Fellowship Porters alive in 1932. REF: -
142:
should be abolished, with its powers transferred to the Common
Council. (Remains as part of the Court of Common Council but has duties in respect to the Livery and candidacy to Aldermanic Sheriff and Lord
224:
should be abolished. (Essentially for enrolling of wills and similar formal documents so that other legislation substituted alternative procedures. Never implemented and specifically retained under the
395:
The remainder of the metropolis should be divided into districts for municipal purposes. The boundaries of the districts should correspond with the seven metropolitan parliamentary boroughs:
17:
340:
The provisions of the 1835 legislation in relation to mortgages on land and to making annual returns should be extended to the city. (Adopted by the city as a procedure in any event.)
337:
Auditors should be appointed in a manner consistent with
Municipal Corporations Act 1835. (Professional auditors were henceforth elected by Common Hall, rather than laymen/Liverymen.)
235:
The prohibition on anyone not a freeman of London to carry on a trade or handicraft in the city should be lifted. (Effected by the city by granting automatic entitlement of the
313:"an unnecessary complexity in the keeping of the city accounts and in the administration of its affairs is produced by the multiplication of departments and separate funds."
308:
remains with the company but the last vestige of it as a licensing authority was removed in 2009, its representatives are co-opted onto the necessary licensing bodies.)
250:
to
Yantlet creek in Kent. (Privileges abolished in 1868 but duty still levied to support construction and maintenance of Thames Bridges above Blackfriars to Staines.)
1048:
117:. (Remained elected for life, then until aged 70 until 1992, as per Lord Chancellor's advice on retirement of JPs, and elected for six year terms from 2004.) As in
441:
The
Metropolitan Board should be empowered to levy a rate for public works of "general metropolitan utility". (The Corporation contributed without representation.)
592:
1058:
1022:
423:. The districts would be governed by a "municipal body". (Not implemented in respect of the city's parliamentary representation until it was merged by
78:
The commission's report ( HC (1854) xxvi) made thirty-two recommendations (with the implementation of the proposals or effect if any in parentheses):
377:
167:
365:
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609:
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All street tolls on carts entering or leaving the city should be abolished. (There were few such duties. In effect the same issue as the
242:
The corporation should no longer be entitled to "metage" or duty on all fruit, grain and "measurable goods" landed on either side of the
277:
The Conservancy of the Thames should be transferred from the corporation to a new Thames Navigation Board consisting of the Lord Mayor,
263:
and Wine duty and was effected in 1868 when duties were distributed across the Metropolis primarily for bridges and other public works.)
1007:
416:
357:
should be ended. (Never implemented as such, the practical administration and legal jurisdictions of the City in Southwark through its
585:
198:
became appointments of the Corporation directly in the late 1980s, even before then the 'election' was a formality of one candidate.)
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474:
420:
408:
286:
59:
253:
The Fellowship of Porters should be dissolved. (Technically not a City body so that its abolition did not affect its interests.)
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412:
400:
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667:
424:
396:
578:
404:
102:. (This would mean that the election was by the Court of Common Council. Remains as privilege of the Liverymen as to date.)
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should be dissolved, and its properties administered as a trust established by parliament, with trustees appointed by the
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682:
63:
51:
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889:
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549:
389:
823:
677:
343:
95:
43:
778:
738:
647:
622:
438:
The coal duties of the Corporation of London should be transferred to the Metropolitan Board. (Effected in 1868.)
282:
99:
256:
Brokers should not be admitted as aldermen. (No disqualifications of Aldermen under this rule were implemented.)
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843:
813:
662:
657:
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642:
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445:
331:
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627:
82:
A governing charter be granted to the City of London. The city had no charter as such, being regulated by an
475:
Commissioners Appointed to Inquire into the Existing State of the Corporation of the City of London (1854).
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magistrates courts and of Surrey at that date. The last vestiges were removed by the creation of the local
16:
This article is about the royal commission of 1853–1854. For the commission of 1893–1894, see
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997:
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114:
315:(Largely ignored but the Corporation tidied up its procedures with the assistance of the Courts using
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is in effect a 'bank'; cheques and money orders are presented to his department in the same way as a
848:
808:
294:
206:
353:
The boundaries of the City of London should not be altered, but its control over the Borough of
828:
131:
232:
The Court of St Martin's-le-Grand should be abolished. (Implemented as long in non-operation.)
920:
385:
267:
87:
526:
858:
803:
327:
187:
125:
8:
915:
838:
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723:
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271:
316:
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935:
910:
905:
768:
763:
758:
743:
369:
350:. (Never implemented to date, the HIS is in effect a Committee of the Common Council.)
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but the City Sheriffs were henceforth designated as 'for the City and for Middlesex'.)
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940:
863:
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783:
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139:
118:
55:
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Elections in "Common Hall" should be abolished: this would end the influence of the
930:
753:
444:
No works should be performed by the Metropolitan Board without the sanction of the
28:
550:
http://zythophile.wordpress.com/2007/11/02/the-forgotten-story-of-londons-porters/
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31:, established in 1853, which considered the local government arrangements of the
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697:
305:
163:
109:
should be reformed: each alderman should be elected for a six-year term by the
39:
32:
570:
1037:
925:
482:
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to bona fide traders of the city as ipso facto ten shilling tenancy holders.)
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on the corporation. (Never implemented for elections of ceremonial officers,
428:
243:
210:
201:
The common council should continue to elect two sheriffs for the county of
191:
128:. (Ex officio JPs until 2004 when they had to qualify separately as JPs.)
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361:
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183:
122:
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435:
road works, in relation to improvements outside the City boundaries.)
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202:
18:
Royal Commission on the Amalgamation of the City and County of London
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The money and securities of the corporation should be lodged in the
358:
106:
247:
179:
311:
The corporation's accounts should be consolidated, as there was
297:
but the City still, to date, remains the Port Health Authority.)
147:
in 1978, there being no electorate, only an appointed Alderman.)
171:
527:"List of commissions and officials: 1850-1859 (nos. 53-94)"
48:
the existing state of the Corporation of the city of London
478:
Report, together with the minutes of evidence and appendix
274:
Forces should be amalgamated. (Never implemented to date.)
25:
Royal Commission on the Corporation of the City of London
452:
The findings of the report led to the creation of the
293:. (Implemented only by transfer of authority to the
516:
London Gazette, issue no. 21450, dated 21 June 1853
529:. Office-Holders in Modern Britain: Volume 9. 1984
431:. The other provisions had no effect on the city.)
304:on the Thames should be abolished. (Training and
1049:History of local government in London (pre-1855)
1035:
205:. (Privilege abolished in 1889 with creation of
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505:Metropolitan London: Politics and Urban Change
586:
497:
364:had been displaced by local civil parishes
593:
579:
448:. (No effect on the corporation's status.)
1059:1853 establishments in the United Kingdom
427:and the City merged into the Westminster
972:Metropolis Management Amendment Act 1885
66:The commission's report was sent to the
35:and the surrounding metropolitan area.
1036:
962:Royal Commission on the City of London
151:election replaced by four year terms.)
98:should be altered to conform with the
38:Three commissioners were appointed by
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562:The corporation of the city of London
425:Representation of the People Act 1948
113:, with one alderman elected in each
854:Westminster St Margaret and St John
372:and other statutory bodies and the
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302:Company of Watermen and Lightermen
227:Administration of Justice Act 1977
14:
1070:
885:Metropolitan Commission of Sewers
510:
485:. Eyre and Spottiswoode for HMSO.
390:Metropolitan Borough of Southwark
46:on 20 June 1853, to enquire into
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344:The Honourable The Irish Society
300:The exclusive privileges of the
283:President of the Board of Trade
100:Municipal Corporations Act 1835
967:Metropolis Management Act 1855
844:Southwark St George the Martyr
703:Headquarters at Spring Gardens
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541:
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458:Metropolis Management Act 1855
229:as a ceremonial jurisdiction.)
94:The method of election of the
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1044:History of the City of London
880:Metropolitan Buildings Office
503:Young, K. & Garside, P.,
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490:
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602:Metropolitan Board of Works
454:Metropolitan Board of Works
382:Metropolitan Board of Works
287:First Commissioner of Woods
279:First Lord of the Admiralty
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982:London Government Act 1899
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348:Lord Chancellor of Ireland
326:. (Never implemented, the
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1054:British Royal Commissions
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977:Local Government Act 1888
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890:Metropolitan Fire Brigade
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709:
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289:and the Deputy Master of
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50:. The commissioners were
809:St George Hanover Square
564:, The Times, 12 May 1854
295:Port of London Authority
207:Middlesex County Council
824:St Martin-in-the-Fields
132:Stipendiary magistrates
105:The method of electing
60:George Cornewall Lewis
921:Northumberland Avenue
814:St George in the East
711:Incorporated vestries
386:London County Council
126:justices of the peace
859:Westminster St James
121:, aldermen would be
62:. The secretary was
916:London sewer system
374:Metropolitan Police
272:Metropolitan Police
1008:James McGarel-Hogg
1003:Frederick Marrable
936:Shaftesbury Avenue
911:Hammersmith Bridge
906:Charing Cross Road
370:poor law guardians
119:municipal boroughs
70:on 28 April 1854.
1031:
1030:
1018:Joseph Bazalgette
941:Thames Embankment
784:Mile End Old Town
704:
222:Court of Hustings
140:Court of Aldermen
56:Sir John Patteson
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52:Henry Labouchere
29:royal commission
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1023:List of members
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849:Stoke Newington
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429:constituency
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244:River Thames
211:High Sheriff
192:Remembrancer
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955:Legislation
899:Major works
804:Rotherhithe
759:Hammersmith
744:Clerkenwell
688:Whitechapel
683:Westminster
421:Westminster
362:courts leet
328:Chamberlain
188:Chamberlain
176:Ale Conners
91:authority.)
68:Home Office
1038:Categories
839:Shoreditch
834:St Pancras
794:Paddington
774:Kensington
734:Camberwell
724:Bermondsey
678:Wandsworth
464:References
409:Marylebone
196:Town Clerk
184:Lord Mayor
123:ex officio
96:Lord Mayor
88:Charles II
84:inspeximus
44:Great Seal
42:under the
819:St Luke's
799:Plumstead
789:Newington
769:Islington
764:Hampstead
719:Battersea
648:Limehouse
623:Greenwich
491:Citations
413:Southwark
401:Greenwich
392:in 1900.)
355:Southwark
261:Coal Duty
203:Middlesex
111:burgesses
864:Woolwich
663:St Olave
658:St Giles
643:Lewisham
533:10 March
507:, (1982)
397:Finsbury
359:manorial
319:orders.)
194:and the
180:Sheriffs
172:Auditors
107:aldermen
779:Lambeth
754:Hackney
739:Chelsea
633:Holborn
628:Hackney
469:Sources
456:by the
405:Lambeth
317:cy-près
248:Staines
237:Freedom
217:other.)
157:Freemen
143:Mayor.)
991:People
749:Fulham
673:Strand
653:Poplar
618:Fulham
380:, the
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27:was a
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