At the meeting of the London County Council on Tuesday,
Mr. Haggis, the Deputy-Chairman—the paid official who answers to the Town Clerk of the regular Municipalities— added his resignation to those of the Chairman and Vice- Chairman, given in last week. The most important business done by the Council was the adoption of a resolution fixing the county rate for the second six months of the financial year at 5-id. in the pound, and the consideration of the im- provement schemes. These, though strongly recommended by the Improvements Committee, were one and all rejected, on the ground that the County Council ought not to carry out improvements until they are enabled to throw their cost upon the ground-landlords of London. We cannot profess to regret the abandonment of these schemes for spending vast sums of money upon street improvements. It is all very well to talk of beautifying London, but the wholesale expenditure required, however distributed, will ultimately fall on the householdere. If we Haussmannise London, we shall make life as dear to the working man here as it is in Paris. Keeping down expenditure on esthetic improvements is one of the most practical forms of philanthropy..
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