The Express. — London, England, 1848-01-14 00:00:00

_ . THZ .EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 14, 1848. another. lithe new commission only exist long enough to get this sury hono ur a b le completed, it will have earned for itself an place in metropolitan history. The evidence of the Greenwich collector is curious. That suburban district pays a sewer rate of 35. 6d. in the pound, but has not a single sewer. It rejoices however in long lines of open ditches, which render up their sweets duly to the residents and London holiday folks. The new commission has just come in time. The breath of public opinion had begun to ruffle the stagna tion of the old boards. They were beginning to exhibit portentous signs of activity. Like a lazy housemaid caught napping, who makes grievous havoc of the crockery in a sudden effort to prove herself wide awake, the old commissions were about to do a great deal of mischief by way of convincing the public that they were able to do something. The Kent and Surrey commission, for example. proposea to lay out 100,000!. in works which, if completed, would either have had to be undone,or, if left, would stand in the way of future improvements. And this was only an instalment of the outlay threatened by such mischievous and mis calculating activity. The works are stopped. The consulting engineer of the new commission thinks that by a plan of converging drainage between 3001. and 4001. may be saved for this district alone. This prospective saving, however, is not without its set-off of loss. The dwellers south of the Thames may gain 300,000 f., but they will lose Mr. GWILT, the surveyor under the former commission, who, like the old hero, unable to bear the new men and new minds of sani tary reform, indignantly throws down his measuring rod, and retires, a CORIOLANUS of the eewers, from the ungrateful public he has s o lon g ganged and cal culated and surveyed for. An uncharitable his torian might suggest somewhat unromantic mo tives for this act of reeleation. Mr. Gwitr has long acted as the administrator of a sys tem under which the more a work cost the public, the more profit it brought in to the surveyor. lie has been in the habit of receiving a per centage on all new works. This, in fact, paid him for super intending the general sewerage expenditure of its district, its cleansings and repairs. All that was done for a paltry 501. per annum, or, in other words, for nothing. Poor Public, nevertheless, paid handsomely for all, in the shape of a bonus on every unnecessary thousand laid out in a new work. The officer charged with the practical control of the district sewerage, under the old system, lost by the public's gain, gained by the public's loss. His intere st was set in diametri cal antagonism to that of the rate-payers. This system is at an end ; with it end Mr. GWILT'S services. But, besides preparing for the future, the new commission has been actively at work repairing the nuisances of the present. No lees than 3,472 notices have been served on occupiers and owners in Westminster only, to have their sewers properly drained. In the same district 22,400 feet of sewers have been cleansed by Sleighing ; and 3,386 double loads of soil got rid of by the process, at an expense of 8001., when the old fashion of removal by hand would have cost three times this amount. The surveyors have commenced flushing the Surrey, Kent, and Tower Hamlets divi sions. They have been actively engaged in emptying eerapools in courts and alleys by the use of the pump and flexible hose, directed to the nearest sewer. It is gratifying to hear that the poor inhabitants testified the greatest thankfuhtess for this riddance, and, throughout, showed anything but indifference to the efforts that are in progress for promoting their clean liness, health, and comfort. Altogether the report of this meeting testifies to a genuine and practical activity on the part of the new commission which augurs well for the discretion that selected them' and amalgamated the different sewer age jurisdictions in their hands. They are desperate innovators, it is true. In fact, they are Jacobins of the jakee—sanitary sans-culottes. They tarn old pro cesses upside down. They begin at what used to be the end. They insist ou a general plan as a base cf operations. The old commissions commenced the operations, and waited for the base. The new com mission cleanses the dirtiest places first. The old commissions always began with the cleanest, and seldom disturbed the dirtiest at all. The new com mission insists on its surveyors doing the work in the cheapest po,sible way consistent with its being well done, The old commissions paid their surveyors in proportion to the cost of the work executed, much, if it cost much—little, if it cost little. The new com mission flushes ; the old commissions carted. The sew commission uses pumps and hose • the old com missions used hands and shovels. The new com mission does twice the work at half the expense ; the old commissions did half the work at twice the ex pense. The new commission saves ; the old commis sions spent. The new commission works • the old commissions jobbed. The new commis sio n courts and is amenable, to publie opinion ; the old commis sions baffled and defied it. In saying this, be it remembered, we say nothing against the men. The old commissions inherited a vicious system, formed at a time when knowledge was imperfect, aims low, and views narrow. That they ended by defending what they began by adopting, that they fought fiercely . at last for what they par sively accepted at first, is a feature common to them ....... gmam.....1.1••••••••=e+............. with all adatibistratioiss that survive Lk* theories i which they embody. 1 I There are two melancholy little items in this loag I aid cheering report—two pennyworths of stale sod mouldy bread to the immeose *unfit/ _of autitary sack. The one is the abdication of Mr. °wag, alrmAy all to ; the other is the disallowing, in the accounts of the Poplar commission, of that PM little tavern bill of 181. The touching lama stood there befor e those imperious new @swarm'4 like the miserly uncle's orntch-stir-k; ia lioaaarn's p i c ture of the rakish heir taking pos. samba at the old man's mansion, a memento of other thaw and other habits. It acquires additional interest Item the graeetnl dignity with which it was with drawn by al. solicitor to the defunct board. Like Clams, the Poplar 00113111iSia0111 is determined to die with decency. They iiill pay their own Blackwell bill. They will not condescend to fight over the manes of the whitebait and John dory._ It is almost as a ff ecting u Lear.surrendaing his fifty knights to _ his unnatural daughter. This report will come op p or tunely to assure doubters that the new commission is in earnest, and, moreover, capable of the work before it. It is not without its importance as an earnest of renewed and active ministerial attention to the subject of sanitary law early in the session. THE Times of yesterday morning had two ie.... articles most fraternal and suited to each other. One was a lamentation over the fall of the Jesuits in Switzerland and a bitter vituperation of the liberals for crushing and exiling them ; the other is a venting of the spleen of the Jesuit party of the English chureh against Dr. HAMPDEN. That the Swiss Jesuits levied rebellion, defied the national Diet, outraged the law, and provoked the government into p attin g them down, is plain to (wiry one. That the Anglican Jesuits have pursued, as far as was in their power, a course equally nilly, equally appealing to clamour and notoriety, is abM obvious. Religion, or rather the supposed in. lamb of a church, were alike the pretexts of the dare stood at Lucerne and at Bow. That the re sale were in both came equally desecrating to roll =lust bo admitted : covering it with disgrace and hire in the one ease, with discomfiture and ridicule in the other. The Jesuits of both London and Lucerne admit this; but they add, it is not ode fault it is not we who provoked this, or who ought to be blamed for it, hut the authorities, whom our frowardness forced to do their duty. Or if the fault be not in the authorities, it must be in the system. We agree . with the Jesuits, Swims and English. The fault was in the system that encouraged their folly, sad acted as a hotbed to their malice; and those portions of the system which served as a pretext to digir folly, aad which have flung ridicule on religion and its in s titutions ' ought to be abolished and er ased. With respect to Switzerland, the liberal and Jesuit party, party, represented by the government and sanctioned by the Diet, having conquered, it is now modestly requested of them by the absolutist powers, and by their organ, the Tinies,to waive all the conse quences of their victory, to withdraw the federal troops from the cantons which rebelled, to permit the chiefs of that rebellion to resume their influence and offices, to allow the monks and Jesuits to force their flocks to elect deputies in Jesuit interest, and finally to exempt the monks who provoked the civil war from paying any of its charges. The Swiss executive is net ' ther so foolish nor so weak as, in the lapse of one month after having overcome their enemies, to place them in a condition to receive arms and succour from France and Austria, and thus renew the war. They insist on the exile of the leaders and promoters of the rebellion. They have ordered popu i lar elections to take place publicly , with votes given ora epee, instead of receiving the usual bulletins written by the Jesuits. Imtead of leaving all the cantonal portion of the war expense en the citizens, they have insisted on the conve nts paying a large proportion, which is but, just, as the convents provoked the war. The Times in its calumnies on the liberal party in Switzerland, represents the measures taken in the subdued cantons as the mere seta of other cantons. Whereas, in fact, they are the acts of the federal executive, sanctioned by a majority of the Diet, UNA majority being made up of catholic as well as protes tant voters. The quarrel is, in fact, not one f pro testant against catholic, or of ultra-liberal a ga inst moderate conservative. It is a struggle of liberal and enlightened catholicism against monastic and Jesuit catholicism. The Times takes part with the latter, and in so doing is merely upholding in Swit zerland those Father M'IIALES whom it vituperates in Ireland. Whatthe Swiss Jesuits aimed at was precisely to make for themselves a little Swiss Ireland in the catholic cantons, where they might reign supreme, monopolising place and power, and preserving their realm, as Archbishop Manny. does his diocese, by fostering ignorance and extinguishing education. Against this the liberal catholics of Ireland, as the liberal catholic* of Switzerland, are ready to protest and exert themselves. They have done so with effect in Switzerland, and, thanks to protistant aid, educa tion and enlightened liberalism will do the same in Ireland, in despite of Father M'HALE and his diurnal gossip the Times. It is a very remarkable fact that the Swiss Jesuits driven freen Lucerne were hooted in the streets of both Milan and Vienna. In both cities the population is devoutly catholic, but in both it is loudly anti- Jesuit. The very clergy of Vienna, a most popular clergy, have protested against the court favour ex tended to the Jesuits. The Times, therefore, should be aware that the religious party which it abets in Switzerland is not only abhorred by the liberal pro testant/ of England, but also by the semi-liberal catholics of Switzerland, Lombardy, and even Austria. Thus is the " leading journal" of England in its re ligious opinions at the very tail of civilisation, being more retrograde than the most retrograde countries of absolutist Europe. - The Paris journals and our usual correspondence, of Wednesday, of which a summary of the contents I appeared in our impression of yesterday, are more than usually interesting. It appears that the King has received from her Ma jesty Queen Victoria a very affectionate letter of condolence on the occasion of the death of Madame Adelaide. The Queen has also written a letter on the same occasion to her uncle, the King of the Belgians. ' A letter from Toulon of Jan. 7th says: " The authorities have received instructions relative to Abd-el-Kader and his family. The Emir is to be transferred on the Bth to Fort Lamalge with his mother, his three children, and his bro ther-in-law, Muatapha Ben 'fchann. The other Arabs, now at the Lazaretto, are to be sent to Fort Malbousquct. These instractions arrived here last evening, at the same time as Col. Lhuereux, who is to assume the command of Fort Lamalgue, with an increased garrison. Workmen are employed to-d iy in preparing the rooms on the first story for Abd-el- Kader. From the precautions that are to be taken, it is easy to perceive that the Emir is to be detained a prisoner. at least for an indeterminate period. He is even to be guarded d rue, and is not to be allowed to take exercise, except on the terrace of the fort. The Emir is to be informed in the course of this day of the decision which the government has come to respecting him." It was generally circulated in Paris on Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning, that goverment had received additional intelligence of the alarming illness of Queen Isabella, who, it was said, had had another fit of illness, and had remained in a state of insensi bility for above two hours. M. Vitet has been unanimously appointed re porter of the committee on the address of the Cham ber of Deputies. On Tuesday, at six o'clock a.m., M. Chevalier's thermometer was down at 6 degrees 4-10 tbs below zero of the centigrade scale (20 of Fahrenheit), and at mid-day was still as low as 4 degrees 6-10ths cen tigrade (about 23 Fahrenheit). The proceedings on both sides at Milan have been very systematic. The abstinence from to bacco was commenced with previous notice in order to enable smokers to leave it off gradually, and on the 2nd the object was accomplished not a cigar was to be seen. The authorities began by hiring persons to smoke, and sending them through the town. followed by police agents and soldiers, to seize any of the people who should insult them. This not proving effectual, the soldiers them selves were sent out, and filled the most frequented cafes and promenades, places where they were not accustomed to be seen, puffing the smoke in the faces of the excited populace. The interchange of angry words can be easily imagined, and indis criminate massacre ensued. One of the most pro- filmed asiong ter i t Nenjperyle f scam WA* dry were detainee°, the , Chi .tke',Fiamm. fie* Oa: sae of the pa, erezeirlited wide' foifild thirty-two bkyonst sa br bre wounds. All the shops _and ode were closed on the 6th, private houses . had their gates barred. A general gaper prevailed; no one dared to go oat. The streets were constantly . Swept by squadrons of and detachments of infantry. of the pretneditabad netof this military .Imomore, it le stated that Bede tdd and Torres's°, the chichi of the military and the police, had previously sent orders to the hospital@ on the morn ing of the 3rd to prepare all the dhiposabht:beds and litters for the wean Two Counsellors of the government, declaring that they could not any consent to form part of such an administration, resigned, *litter fronds Milan says : The attitude of e tb a e le lte wee remarkable. They have eared the meet meirleate to the troops. Men wars PIM kVA/ft d o wn the mots of houses, in order toshrew the tiles at their eipwreare. Window frames, p t asesoirWlsis, kelEasetipowsitike Attstriank A placard te the was tittek up, reed with aridity, and pulled down ea oppress\ el a petrol. At every step he ties diens of Milan an Seal siren written notes, Meng the to to offse resistance. The armouren swat mass to the sale of aim. Oa* a them sold ISO pin et pistols. It is evident the people are ibr the struggle. We ham by the mcet rece u nt in that the lottery b hp been prohibited, as well the use tebeceo. All those who shall gamble at the lottery age to be dismissed from their places if servants or men on wego-bire, banished if meet of an independent station. It ia ma, on the other hand, that the Austrian agents, Its &Mkt mid Torresani have swore, if tranquillity be not fes tered, to set the town on firs and kill the inhabitants. T heyta he h a ve prepared a plan of persecution Spina the bi and especially against the Milanese nobility. It appears from reports which have arrived, that the league spinet the consumption of articles from which the government derives a revenue, has not been coded to Milan, but has spread generally through Austrian Italy. At Cremona, at (lomo, et lamas apd MIME chief places, there , have been ea the part of the people. e poi Gazette of Frankfort of the 9th says thd the reinforcements sent by Austria into Lombardy were producing a oorreiponding movement in other Italian states ; that a reaction at Rome had com menced, and that the re t rogr ade party was gaining ground. It says also, that the remonstrances of Austria conveyed to the Pope against the progressive movement, as being in fact directed against religion itself, had produced a certain impression. This, how ever, appears scarcely compatible with the more recent intelligence which we have received directly from Rome, where the most important reforms are in active progress. The same journal says, that at Naples all hope of reform was given up. The King, who had been well disposed towards certain reforms, received news of the proceedings of Austria in Lom bardy, and advice from that power not to allow him self to be drawn into the current of Italian radicalism, which was a mere temporary fever which would sub side. It is certain, concludes this journal, that the postponement of all reform in Naples is owing to French and Austrian influence, and that the general discontent and fermentation is attributable to this. Mt court. Prince Albert, attended by some of the gentlemen of the royal suite, enjoyed the sport of shooting yesterday forenoon. The Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Frederick of Besse visited the Duchess of Ciloueester yesterday. A Cabinet Council was held at twelve o'clock yes terday at the Foreign-offioe. The ministers present were Lord John Rumen, the Lord Chancellor, Sir George Grey, Viscount Palmerston, Earl Grey, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Earl of Aucklan d, the Mar q uis of Clanri. earde, Lord Campbell, the Right lion. H. Labuuchere, pod Viscount Murpeth. The council sat three hours and a half. The Postmaster-General had an interview with the Chancellor to the Exchequer yesterday at his official reld denoe in Downing.street. A deputation respecting the Bristol Docks transfer, consisting of the lion. F. Berkeley, M.P.. Mr. Coates, Col. Roberts, Mr. Burroughs, Mr. Beadon, Capt. Thoruborough, Mr. Britten, and Mr. Ellicombe, had en interview with the Right lion. T. Milner Gibson yesterday, at the office of the Board of Trade. Despatches front the Governors of Ceylon, South Australia, Malta, and Gibraltar, were received yesterday at the Colonial-office. METROPOLITAN COMMISSION OF SEWIi itttST MEETING. A meeting of the recently appointed Metropolitan Commission of Sewers took place yesterday at No. 8, com mittee room. House of Commons. The commissioners pre sent were Lord Morpeth, in the chair, Messrs. Hutton, Broder:p, Puckle, Hon. H. Byng, Chadwick, Leslie, L. Jones, Buller, Lord Ashley. The first business taken was the auditing of accounts from builders, surveyors, and various other parties recently em ployed in carrying out the objects of the commission. Some accounts of the old comma/lions also came under notice ; among the rest, that of the Poplar Commission. A tavern bill of 181. was objected to by Mr. IlurroN, on the grounds that although reasonable tavern expenses might be allowable, still the law could never have contemplated dinners at Blackwell. Mr. BAKER, solicitor to the commisdon, said he was au. thorised to withdraw the bill if it were made the subject of any observation. Bill withdrawn. The secretary proceeded to state the steps which had already been taken by the com missioner' in Westminster; 3,472 notices had been served on house-owners and occupiers to have their sewers properly drained. A petition had been presented from the improve ment commissioner' relative to the driiiia..e of the new street, Victoria-street, Westminster. Mr. CHADWICK said that as this petition referred to the drainage of en entirely new street, he thought it a proper time for settling on a new and general system of drainage. Two proposals had been submired to the commission,—one from Mr. Phillips, the other from Mr. Austin. The Intter he preferred, as it contained a plan for pumping up the sewage water in cases where the drains were below the level of the Thames. Mr. Phillips' proposal contained nn sugges tion of that nature. He proposed that the petition and plans be referred to Mr. Austin, with orders to report thereon, with a view to the adoption of some general system. Mr. BRODERIP seconded ti emotion, which was agreed to. Several petitions from different localities praying tor im proved drain ice were then presented ; among others, one from Dr. Ouy, stating that typhus fever prevailed in Princes-street, Holborn, and that toe drainage of that dis trict was in a very bad state. Lord MORPETR said that rues of typhus should be imme diately attended to. The next document read was the fol lowing communication from Mr. Bardwell, relative to Mr drainage of Paris: 4, Great Queen-street, 27th Dee., 1847.--Sir,—ln answer to Lord Morpeth's question— . What becomes of the contents of the sewer, sad cerepoois of Parlor I reply—These contents are carried to Mont- Mow= and there deposited upon an inclined plane, down which the more liquid part runs, and la received progreseirely into differ ent reservoirs in which it deposits every particle of solid matter, thr the water in the last reservoir M on ti rfectly limpid, end is then allowed to mope. Oa examininucon two years ago, I was surprised to Pod tha people employed them were far from appear ing sickly, and the chddren dwelling in the holism around looking ruddy and healthfulhowever, that the effluvium from tiontfouoon Livery injurious to the patlews in the 9t. Lode Ifeepital, and the government had then determined to abolish the laystall at Moetfaueon, and ta t form a railroad for the purpose of conveying the filth usually deposited there to some distant forest, and this railroad, I apprehend, is now in progress.—l am, Mc., We. BA ELWELL.— Lew. C.Bastlit, Esq. The SECRETARY then proceeded to read a voluminous re port from the Commissioners of Metropolitan Police, de- Kribing the state of the different localities under the super vision of the commissioners, all being in a most lamentable condition from insufficient drainage. Mr. CHADWICK. thought this a fitting opportunity for call ing the attention of the commission to the state of the sur face of the streets. He wished that this matter bad also been referred to the police authorities. He believed the amount of dirt on the surface of the streets to be as great a nuisance as the accumulation in the drains. Mr. BYNO said that the report was satisfactory as far as it went, but be wished it had gone further. Everything should be done to make the public aware of the masses of filth amidst which they were hying, and what an August stable the commission had undertaken to cleanse. Mr. LESLIE said that sometime since he had had occasion to make inquiry respecting the state of Kensington, when he found that there were 25 houses in that district inhabited by 1,360 people, fur all of whom there was only one privy. Mr. BRODEKIP said that as far an the Thames and West minster police districts were concerned, he could state that the report, so far from being highly coloured, was consider ably under the mark. The fact was, that the inhabitants of this great city bad no adequate notion of the horrors amidst which they were living. (Hear.) Mr. Brno observed that the nuisances occurred princi pally in districts where the inhabitants were too weak to resist. They were poor and helpless, and therefore suffered is silence. Lord HORPETH thought it desirable that the whole of these reports should be referred to the surveyors.—Moved and agreed to aecordingly. The next subject considered was the report of the sur veyors as to the flushing' of sewers, which was read by the secretary as follows: MWriZOIDLITAN Coximmosom or fiEwros.--Surveyore Report on Flushing Sewers, Cleansing Sewers, and Emptying Onwpooln — To the Worshipful bee Majesty's Jces and Commissioners et Bewers.—On the 23rd of December test W e n whad the honour of presenting a report on flushing of the newer, in the Westminster division ; we now beg respectfully to submit a further report of the progress made since that dote. We have directed our attention chiefly to the deeming of the 'seven in the poorem and most densely populated localities in the same division, and have increased the number of hands employed in chi work to upwards of 100. A ustal length of upwards of 22,400 feet of sewers, in which the deposit varied in depth from 6 inches to 3 feet 0 inches, has been thoroughly cleansed by flaking, and 3,986 double Rode of soil have been limbed away by this process, at an ex pense of about 1001. The removal of Ws quantity by hand labour • ... 1 .....,,,... a ",..,...„. k Men . - . .1, triz rog ie g Alt u stml ualime to , re. immesso 4 cf . a lba du nio seiruisismi l • Tower lams& slat:lien ' gb e nzzt e d ht awl lane wee st Ms awn wirrnhde deals or IV hemeasseads-end es* era et s ie ges of Ws WWI sal by u t =Mgells=trsolleini rior is erwide sa id %eV= sinvia.. . 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This application It was found im. 1 possible to grant ; but in reply to a question from a commis sioner, it *as stated by one of the surveyors that the whole expense of the pomp and apparatus ooraplete was only about • 16_ ,l. the cost of the pomp itself being only lot. Mr. CHADWICK, in referring to the importance, in a sani tary point of view, of cleansing courts and allow, suggested the propriety of giving rewards for experiments for that purpose. After a few remarks from Mr. Leslie on the subject, it was ordered that the letter of the vestry clerk of Bt. Andrew's, together with the answer of the comtniaion, which is to con tain the information al to the cost of the pump and appara tus, should be printed and circulated. Mr. CHADWICK wished to make a remark as to the objec tions which had been offered by various parties to the re moval of soil and other refuse into the Themes, or rather to making any addition to the quantity now discharged into that river. No doubt that the practice of discharging night soil into the Thames was objectionable in itself, and he hoped that hereafter arrangements would be carried out by which it might be avoided. At the mime time, it should he remembered that it was only a choice of evils, and that the danger to health resulting nom turning the whole of the sewage into the Thames was truly inconsiderable when compared with that consequent upon its being kept in cess pools and laystalle, in the midst of crowded neighbourhood.. lithe whole of the cesspool matter of the metropolis were to be turued into the Thames it would amount only to one part in 10,000 of the water in that river ; and if the whole of the street refuse were added, it would amount to no more than one in 5,000. The quantitof cesspool matter was much • exaggerated generally , taking liebig's data that the excre m of an individual averagesliquid, and 1 solid Fdiem, or 111 b. in all, the quantity for a population of two millions would be 300,000 gallons a day, the whole of which might be discharged by a tube of 7i inches in diameter, in less than 12 hours, at a flow of 4 feet per second. Though it would undoubtedly be desirable, if poe able, to prevent the mingling of this matter with the water of the Thames. the extent of the pollution was truly incon siderable, so far as the public health was concerned. The pollution of the Thames water arose rather from mineral and other deleterious matters discharged into it from the several gas works and manufactories, and from the constant disturbance of the sediment by the steam-boats, than from any amount of cesspool deposit which was or might be turned into it. Mr. Brune lltr hoped the time would come whoa all this matter would be turned into gold, icstead of into the Thames. The SECRETARY then read the report on the proposed ordnance survey of the metropolis and suburbs, as foilovre: We have the satisfaction to report, that in answer to the questions ((herewith annexed) transmitted to the office of Ordnance respecting • block plan of London, for drainage and other purposes, requited by this comma...ion, Col. Ilan, superintendent of the Ordnance survey, has forwarded to the irepector-general or fortifications the &company ing letter and memoranda, from which it would appear that a block plan of the metropolis, and of the suburban distrietalncluded within 'radius of bight miles from et. Paul's (the same area for which the estimate for a detailed map was given by Meier-General Colby), may be executed, with s proper system of levels, for 24,2151., and that the cost of en graving the block plan, upon a scale of five feet to the mile and upon 901 plates of double elephant gee, would be (including 3.6u4/. for the eopper) 12,6141., making together, 36,629/. Although the superb tebient of the ordnance survey expresses regret that • new map ef London should be executed only as a block plan, including • peeper system of levela without the great detail inserted iu the plans es. muted by the ordnance surrey for towns in the north of England—a regret no doubt founded upon • desire not to produce • map of Lees don inferior in detail to the piano of such towns—we would oberve that in the questions proposed to the ordnance we have looked strictly to the pressing requirements of the metropolitan maw IWINNIIXI/1 of lowers., and, consequently, that we did not Went to details which were ant immediately connected with them. It appear (Ate us very important that the COMMIIINIOINTP 1111.1ia. Wilk as little delay as possible, be placed in a situation to comprehend the kind and amount of drainage at present existing in the districts NM. tided to their care : so that, there being beertained, effective mobs awes might, without loss of time, be taken to remedy the evils whin have arisen hem divided and independent jurisdietione over the general area; regardingtbisareatherefore als whole, bringing itsdrainage into general system, and securing greater efficiency at reduced cost- To obtain the needful evidence, an 1 Elective plan, with • proper eptem of levels (recorded in convenient situatioes by a sufficient number of per manent bench-make) Is, in our opinion, meential. We 0011XIder the block plan prepared to be sufficient for the purpose contemplated, presenting also the advantages of greatly reduced out and mote speedy execution. At the same time it lays the foundation forte amount of detail for topographical, administrative, or sanitary posy, which either the government, or public bodies mteressd. iwy hereafter think advisable ' , _ transfers or copies of parts of sick • giaa could at any time be obtained by public bodies for their woman With oopics of such parts as a foundation, adminietrative auttiegMless water and gas companies, and others interested, could insert anything they may consider expedient, thus employing a cermet work as • Wee, and avoidi. g the cost of constructing a new plea or map from Is a:mumps meat. To the commission it oars the ready means of laying down. not only the courses of the existing sewers, but also the relative level. of the actual surfaces, and channels over which the sewage flows. This done, a true picture is presented of the existing drainage beneath the airfare, and gradually of the a.. dificatione and eatelialons that may be found necessary. Bench-flout would be aufilciently multiplied at convenient distances, so that whatever changes may be made In themewere, or upon malice monad 'with respect to roads, pavements, or buildings), a ready referenoe to them would he at all times available, and hav ing levelled to one or more of thew permanent benehanarke the level of any new work, or of Its parte, could at once, and with little trouble and met, be beers mined relatively to other works, either adjoining or distant, and to the common datum level. The convenience, eliciesicy, and economy of suckan arrangement, available for various porpores,will he apparent. As an efficient plan of London, upon • ormvenieat scale, such as that adopted by the ordnance survey for Liverpool, Manchester, mulother large towns, appears to us earential for the proper drainage of the dis trict committed to the charge of the commissionere, and as a well executed triangulation is equally essential to the construction of a correct plan of the metropolis and suburban distriMs, whether such plan be • muted in greet detail, or in the manner we have proposed, ~ we would urge the expediency of undertaking such a triangulation without delay and o rdna nce consent of the proper authoritiee being ob tained) by the survey. This service by the ordnance survey le estimated at 4,2701. We also recommend that memmres should be taken to procure a block plan of the metropolis, end of the suburban districts comprised within the area above specified by the same survey. The block plan to be such as we have proposed, and for width an estimate of 19,9451. has been t r v i 7 .4 Both a plan, It will be observed, would not only show the stress and quanta, but also all courts and alleys; so that the needful information connected with the drainage, or absence of it, amid the dwellings of the poor, would become generally apparent, and the pro- I stairs made in this rem for such lc:eddies exhibited to the commis- I eionere In its true relation to the sewerage adopted for the streets and squares inhabited by those powered of larger means. Should this feCollll3lell4/0011 be adopted, and the block plan he commenced, we ' would further suggest that the localities abounding in courts and alleys should be among those portions of the general district which may receive the earliest attentkm. Assuming that the 1301., estimated as the met of the black plan tor a square mile of the town district, refers to a common average, the cost of • square mite, which should include a multitude of wretched courts and alleys, mixed with a few better streets, would still be small, and scarcely to be regarded when we consider the im mense adrantage which the efficient drainage of suchlocalities would confer upon the health o! the metropolis- Although It may not, at first sight, appear very desirable to incur the expense of engraving the block plaa, the cost of which, including the copper, in estimated at 12,6141. • we would, nevertheless, represent that it is of great ins. that ' the points ascertained by the triangulation should be rdr e on down the copper, and that the masa of the work should be se cured in in the same meaner, so that, either by multiplying copiesmi to of the plates by the e l ec t ro type proomu'or by tram/ening impreamo mime, the original copper plates should remain uninjured, and afford a secure foundation for any detail which may hereafter be added to the Oen, or for any extended work which may be Orb 1 paper documents of plans upon so large a wale, executed. requiring io a bly sheets, are liable to damage, and copies of them, by mulUpliontion, may accumulate great and serious errors We therefore, oonaidering the great adeantage that would result from securing the work on copper and the ready means of multiplying cor rect coies of it when so secured, would recommend that the plan of Londonp and its suburbs should be engraved on copper; and we believe, should these moonamendatioos be des med worthy of adoption, and the plan be completed, that the inhabitants of London and ite suburbs w ill be pussm,ed or a document of great practical value to them for many purposes, and more especially important for their sanitary condition. —(Signed) It. Da La Borax, EDWIN CIINDWICW. Dec o 1017. Lord Mongerli thought this was the proper moment to mention that government were anxious that such a survey should be proceeded with as would enable the commission to adopt a general system of drainage for the whole metro polis. They were aware that without such a system they could not do anything to check disease, which had latterly increased in eo formidable a manner. He was gratified, therefore, to have it in his power to announce that govern ment having ionsidered the representations of the sanitary commission as to the urgency of the case and loss of time and expense attending upon an application to parliament, had consented to the preparation of a block plan to be at once commenced under the auspices of the Board of Ord nance. Government had made arrangements with that department for the purpose, the plan would be immediately begun, and would involve no expense to the metropoli s be yond t heir share in the ordnance estimates for the entire kingdom. (Hear.) Mr. LESLIE moved that the report be adopted. The public had great reason to be grateful to the government for the prompt manner in which they bad acted, by which muc h loss of time would be prevented, and much benefit conferred upon the metropolis. Mr. BILODEEI P observed that the committee had resolved _.r:TING OF MIDDLESEX MAGISTRATES. Yesterday a meeting of the magistracy of the county of Middlesex took place at Rieke-hall. H. Pownall, Esq., presided. PRISON RETORTS.—The reports from the visiting justices of the various county prisons were read. That from the Cold bath-fields House of Correction stated the number of pri soners therein confined to be 758 males, 239 females, and 12 c hildren ; one death (from natural c auses ) had occu rred since the last report. The average health of the establishment was good. The Westminster House of Correction contained, it appeared, a total of 739 prisoners, 654 of which were males. The average of sickness was 2; per cent. amongst the males and G per cent. amongst the females. Not one case of influenza had occurred. TRIAL or POACHERS.—On a report of a committee on the treasurer's accounts being presented, Capt. Cotterell rose, and wished to be informed whether the clerk of the pease for this county had received any official intimation from the Secretary of State with regard to the trial of per sons who were committed for night poaching ? He wished to know this, for the other week he and a brother magistrate of his in Herefordshire committed • person to the quarter sessions for trial for night poaching ; but he had received a notice from the clerk, stating the prisoner could net be tried at the quarter sessions, but must be sent to the assizes ; and he was told that Secretary Sir G. Grey had issued an official circular to that effect. No doubt but such an arrangement would secure persons so charged a fairer trial, because they would be tried by a judge instead of • bench of country gentlemen, who might feel particular interest in such matters but it involved a serious question of ex pence matter, the county, as the prisoner would have to be maintained in prison for a period before trial conside rably beyond what he weuld if tried by quarter sessions. The man he had alluded to was now awaiting an assize trial, and he (Captain Cotterell) was not sure that he was not ille gally detained.—Mr. Maude, the deputy clerk of the peace. informed the court that no official information upon the matter had reached him. NEW LUNATIC ASTLCST—A report was received from a committee appointed to provide an additional lunatic asylum. It stated that a sum of 20,0001. had been raised by mortgage on the county rate, with which a portion of land at Colney Hatch, belonging to Sir Wm. Curtis, had been purchased, and on which anew asylum was prop osed to be erected. THE RATE UPON ST. JAMES'S, WESTMINSTER.—The deputy clerk of the peace then laid before the court • protest on the part of the parish of St. James, Westminster, against the last rate assessed upon that parish. FRENCH PAUPER LUNATICS.-Some months ago 'French man was pent to the Westminster House of Correction for three months, for presenting a pistol loaded wi'h ball at a youth's breast, with a threat to shoot him. After his admis sion he exhibited symptoms of mental derangement, and eventually it being satisfactorily ascertained that he was a confirmed lunatic, and had been " transported" to this country by order of the French government, his alleged offence being that he was found armed at the Chateau d'Eu with the intention, it was presumed, of shooting the King, he was placed in the county lunatic asylum. The magis testes were informed, in a correspondence they had with the Home-office, that the French government would defray the expenses incurred by tke lunatic's maintenance in this country, oossequeetly Mr. Allen made an application at the French embassy, when he was informed that no official in timation had been received with regard to the lunatic, and therefore they could not reimburse the county in the amount ' expended. Upon this Mr. Allen, at the desire of the visiting ' justices, wrote to Sir George Grey, informing him of the answer he bad received at the French embassy, and request ing information for the guidance of the visiting justices. The answer stated that "it appeared from a communication which had been received from the Foreign-office upon the subject, that no answer had yet been received from the French 'government to the proposal made to them by her Majesty's government, that they , should defray the expenses incurred by the maintenance of French pauper lunatics in this country, and that the proposed arrangement between the two countries for the maintenance of pauper lunatics will be again brought under the notice of the French govern ment in order to obtain their answer thereupon." — Mr. Rotch, as one of the visiting justices con cerned, directed the attention of the court to this cor respondence, which he said involved an important ques tion. The French government chose to send a man over to this country without any passport, and because he had no passport they refused to take him back again. It was, in his opinion, a violation of the laws and property of nations, and a matter much less for the consideration of the Home than the Foreign-office. (Hear, hear.) He considered that the justices ought to urge upon Lord Palmerston the neces sity of taking the matter in hand, and pressing the French government to come to some definite arrangement upon this question. New committees were appointed, and after some other routine matters had been disposed of the court adjourned. _ _ • with that CONTINENTAL INTEECOBB.BII.—Ou neatl returns give the following number of passengers through the channel ports for the week ending Jan. 9 :—Through Boulogne, 713 ; through Calais , 164. Corresponding period of 1847 shows the following:—Through Boulogne, 726; through Calais, 193. The passengers through Boulogne are thus subdivided:—From Folkestone, 200 passengers; from Dover, 66; from London, 64—total, 330. For Folkestone, 285 ; for Dover, 30; for Dbodon, 68—total, 383. 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They have gun their task of sweeping clean. We trust that the activity revealed in the report of yesterday's meeting will be kept up. The new fuoctionaries must prepare themselves for many more formidable checks than Mr. Owttfe re signation. They have to come up to the highly wrought expectation of friends. as well as to disarm the sneering opposition of enemies, open or covert. • They have an AUgeNin stable to clean, in which the deposits have been ntidiaturbed for years, with a of ex-stable -keepers, dismissed for incapacity, ' sage r to catch at eith er oversi g ht, or short . - aWdmg in their more energetic successors. *beady, within little m ore than a month of their "=ment, the new commiss ioners have done more, d by the importance of the work, than the 61 • ibr. superseded boards have effected since the days • lizziav VIII. Miles of sewers, acres of oess-poob, • • infinitude of drains, all make u p a smaller oontribn ' tion to the effective sanitary improvement of the metropolis than the one general ordnance survey and plan which the new commission has directed, and which, we rejoice to learn from the report of to-day, is at once to be set on foot. The importance of having a member of the cabinet as a working member of the commission is proved, if only by the ready attention and aid which this great and indispensable scheme h as received from the govertment. Such a gel ordnance plan is indeed the Alpha and Omega of all sanitary proceedings underground. To obtain it, is to begin at the right end--a course seldom hit uponense in this country. Our readers may leorn the exp of it from the report of Sir H. DE LA Beetle and Mr. CIIADWICK. The cost of executing a block plan of the metropolis and the suburbs, wi th in a radius of eight miles from St. Paul's, with a proper system of levels, is estimated at 24,2151., while to engrave this on a proper scale would cost 12,6141., making altogether 36,8291. For this sum a record will have been acquired, which will prove the waste of thousands in the part, and hinder the waste of hundreds of thousands in the future. In one district alone, that of Holborn and Finsbury, we are rossred that an outlay of 260,0001. is required to remedy the defects of the existing system. Improvement is dearly purchased in a practical country, where t " self-go xernment" s 4. erns the co-operation required o bring the affairs of one section into harmony with those of that the premises* belonglim to the commission should be given up toe the purposes of eheertisessee edtvey, and for isvor the men engaged apes it —The resolution was then to. Mr. Cifatisucx said the possession of this ordnance plan would be of the greatest impertanee. Few persons were aware of the &daystars' of a general system, nor did they know that however well drains *tight be 1s&il out, if they had not the proper iodination they were of no use what ever. They had had eases of sewers which did not ning in contrary directions, from want of due c h a rge, run attention to the levels. Without an ordnance survey they bod=alaus t is the dark, and the loss which had been by west of attention was enormous. In one dkudet, that of Halberts and Finsbury, an outlay of 480,000 1 1.. would be necessary to remedy the defects of the existing oys ters of drainage. Indeed it was quite possible that a great of the money which bad been expended in London =nage would be found to have been thrown away. He eoegratulated the rate-payers on the steps which had been taken, and he congratulated the commiesiont they had the valuable service s of Sir Henry De La Bechar the pur poses of the survey, who would not only direct his attention to the important subject of levels, but to the geological strata' and the diffuse* , of dip, ',prior, and other matters not . hitherto included in surveys - et Mb description. There was no doubt but that with the amistance of Sir H. De La Beebe a survey would be made that would be of infinite value to this metropolis. The passing of a resolution for prepming and circulating regulations for cleansing cesspools, dra!tung and carrying off refuse from streets, for the more essential carrying out of the ~ ,Isontracts for scavenging and removing dust from houses and far obtaining a supply of water from the water companies for washing the drains, de., terminated the business in re ' Rune, to the Middlesex side of the metropolis. The report of the committee on general purposu as to the district south of the Thames, in Surrey and Kent, wai then presented, together with several petitions from Greenwich. Rotherhithe, Lambeth, and others complaining of the pre sent inefficient system of drainage, In answer to questions put by Mr. Bpng, it was stated by the collector of the Greenwich district that though the, sewers rate in Greenwich bad amounted to 3s. 6d. in the pound, there was no covered drain is that locality, and that except such as had been made by private parties the only' sewers were open ditches. The rate was levied under an act of Henry VIII., and the object was to keep out the tidal waters, not to provide means for carrying off the sew age of the town. Only the eastern part of Greenwich, that opposite Blackwell, was liable to the rate, the town it self not being , rated. There was not a single sewer in Greenwich. The report was then received and adopted. Mr. BYNO wished to ask Mr. Austin a question as to the state of the works in the south district. He wished to know what was the extent of the works proposed to be carried out by the late commission, which, if executed, would not only be useless, but would stand in the way of all future im provements ? Mr. AUSTIN said the late commission proposed to is out 100,0001. in works, the whole of which would probably stand in the way of future improvements. Ile wished not, however, to be understood as stating positively that the whole would do so. Mr. Moro—Was that sum of 100,0001. the total amount which would be required for completing the drainage of that district in the way proposed by the former commission Mr. Averts—No ; but only for about 16 miles of main lines of drainage. There would be more than 100 miles of ' sewers necessary to complete the drainage for the populous part of the district, comprising an area of about four square miles. Mr. Byrro—Then do you think that the effect of .topping these works will be to save 100,0001. in our district alone ? Mr. AUSTIN—If a plan of converging drainage should be carried out in that area there would be a saving in the whale I district of between 300,0001. and 400,0001. Mr, BYNO—Bow much would complete the works ? Mr. Aunts—ln the /our square miles! allude to, which is about one-tenth of the whole district, about 200,0001, The soil would still go into the Thames, unless disposed of for agricultural purposes. Mr. BYNO-1 believe the whole coat, including what has ben expended and what it was proposed to expend, would be 400,0001. or 600,0001. Mr. AVNTIN—It would. Lord Nionernt—Are these works now altogether Mopped? Mr. Amite—There are only some trifling and necessary works now going on. The SECRETARY, in answer to Mr. Jones, said that the works now under contract were very small in amount. After some further conversation a report on the present state of the works was ordered to be prepared. 1 1 A letter from Mr. Owilt, of Abingdon-street, one of the sue veyors of sewers for Surrey and Kent, was read, complaining of being now, after 46 years' service, required to act under men of less experience and standing in the profession, and de fending the system of drainage carried out by the late corn. mission as eminently adapted to the district, and also defend ing the commission from thecharge of profuse expenditure. Some conversation ensued as to whether this letter was to be considered as a resignation by Mr. ()wilt of his office altogether, and it was ultimately decided that a letter should be written to him informing him that the present commis sion had come to certain resolutions, and that if he thought he could not retain his o ffi ce in conformity with them they must accept his resignation. Sundry accounts were then laid on the table as to the Kent and Surrey districts, and Lord Morpeth adjourned the board until that day fortnight. MONEY ORDSEIL—Some idea of the en number of model _Orders Issued by the 'various pee in the united 14 , doera may be gathered from the f uni 4 l account of die entenbers granted at some of the • offices during the lest three mouths :—At the General Pam. office re the were iemsed dud:lithe quarter endi te e & 1 . -- January, in round ambers, about 17,000 ; at Zi e e„„,i , ` 13,000 ; Dublin, 20,000 • Liverpool, 30,000 ; Manch ester 7/3,000 ; Birmingham, 17,0004 01segow,_ 16,000; ' loop ; Hull, 10 , 000' Southampton, 7,000 ; B rij h t ..,7 10,000 ; Bath, 8 , 000 . The number of orders issued den is immense. There are 36 branch and receiving whin the three mile deed that are money order og eeNiine Muddtion to the 17,000 irsued at the General office, there granted at the Lombard-street branch office during the l~jy 11.1°111.184.TVII:bidan:fiabocjihnuag1:7000a7t astb" ; e a tbm t Seatr : Bany e ri'aid o to tEce recelwoeflitiev i ce n i ngr;g th ananh e tedio ll ‘a ;ro bt'hydw ug etbee n : l,l 5,000 ; and at Old Cavendish-street office, about 8,00, , Then are also 44 London receiving hasten beyond the nai l ; mile circle which grant and pay money orders. ROYAL SEA-BeTHING INFIRMARY, MARGATI.....A quarterly general court of this institution, which was eh , blished in 1796 for the benefit of the diseased poor, was hak sterday at the London Coffeehouse , Ludgate- hill. L It. Pugh presided. Mr. Paul read the minutes of the easy mittsn meetingssince the last court. They contained nothi•g o t note beyond the acknowledgment of • donation from the Corporation of 2001., and the fact that 3711. 10s. had been realised by the anniversary dinner. The minutes b lew * b e en adopted, a discussion arose with reference to a -" meat made by Mr. Dixon at • previous meeting that ea patients in the infirmary were not supplied with a 'Aden quantity of food, and that the quality of that which y the dy receive was of aninferior description. It had been directed Chet inquiries should be made on the subject. Mr. Sherwood raw stated that he was a member of the comae' ttee at Mmgate m g from his own personal inspection of the infirmary h em , satisfied that there was no cause whatever fur the oomplaim width bed been made. He considered both the quoi t , arid quality of food supplied to the patients to be • sans factory.—The subject then dropped. Another sation arose with regard to the internal arrangeassee c e g is hosyital.—Mr. Sherwood said that a short tame ago, while inspecting the place, he saw three persons who were at the point of death among the other patients ; he recommeadei that a separate ward be set apart for persons in that mai. tion.—The °ejection was overruled by Mr. Wm. Came & who was of opinion that sending any person into a woad set apart would be equivalent to signing his deathar Nothing arose out of the euggesuon, and the proceed* closed atter the us /s ual vote of thanks to the chairman. BUTCHERS' HARITABLEINsTITuTION.—The annul meeting was held lad evening at the Freemasons' Tama, for the purpose of electing the &Ewen, and for receiving' the report of the committee. Mr. Sharpe took the chair at peat 7 o'clock, whea the secretary proceeded to read the report, which stated that, although there had been a dueness in the amount derived from annual subscriptions, the imams of the institution arising from donations, and the interests( funded property, had increased. Amongst the donors lithe late year were bk. Collins, who had bequeathed then= Of 1001. (which his son and executor had since paid), andlol.feme Lord Portman. A bequest had been made by a Mrs. Sq uish, but the consequence had been • Chancery suit, from which the treasurer had petitioned the court to be releued.-.T4 treasurer's report stated that during the past year the same( 5.501. had been invested, making the whole *mount of the funded property of the institution 10,4561. During the list year eight pensioners had been elected, making the whole number of those who had derived benefit from the Butches' Charitable Institution to be 131 persons. The report ended with a recommendation that an allowance of 1 cwt. drools extra between Michaelmas and Lady-day should be allowed to the pensioners in the almshouses.—Oa the motion of kb. Davis the report was unanimously agreed to.—The meeting then proceeded to elect the presidents, &c., for the unlit year. INQUESTS, YE2TAIDAY.—COMMITTP4O STARVING PEOPLE TO HARD LABOUR.— Before Mr. W. Payne, the City coroner, in the Bridewell Hospital, New Bridge - s weet, on the body of J. Evans, aged 17. The deceased, who had purposely broken a window, in order that he might be met to prison, w as committed by Mr. Alderman Gibbs to 14 days in the above Beidewell, with hard labour. When sa. witted, according to the testimony of Mr. Croots, the oz. goon, he appeared half starved, and in an extremely emu. Mated condition. A day or two afterwards, typhus fever, is its worse form, set in, and, notwithstanding that everything was done for him that the nature of his ease required,lie never rallied, and died on Tuesday last. The bier. kb. Monroe, the chaplain of the prison, said that be felt very strongly on the subject of committing prisoners, who wend a starving state, to bard labour. For many years there Wart been such a large number of starving poor sent to that prison as lately. It was truly lamentable to see them—they wen unable to work—had scarcely strength to get about, and yet they were ordered to be put to hard labour. The parties gem. rally were more fitting for any other place than the prose. They ought either to be sent to the hospital or the werkhossa A poor-law guardian who was present said that he had fir quently heard people make a disturbance at his workhouse for no other purpose than being sent to Bridewell.—Ths Coroner said he believed such was the c,ase ; it was only des preceding day that a person had slapped Alderman Sidon in the face to be sent to Bridewell.—The governor of ths prison explained that those who were guilty of trifling offences had short sentences, and the shorter the sentence ths less the diet vu. The rev, chaplain added that, when say of these poor creatures went out, he was appealed to as le what they had better do, and he trivariably told them IS apply to the workhouse. Then there was the question el settlement, which at present was very unsatisfactory.—Tbs Coroner said he hail no doubt the law of settlement would be altered very speedily, and in the meantime he advisid the rev. chaplain to draw up a memorial t the Court of Aldermen on the subject of committing starving people te hard labour. The whole of the aldermen were governors el the hospitals, and they could give orders for their admimis into the hospital instead 01 sending the poor creatures to the Bride well. —The rev. chaplain said he would act under the direction of the worthy coroner.— Verdict, " Natural death from typhus fever. " KILLED BY ALM OMNlllo:3.—Before Mr. Baker, at the London Hospital, on view of the body of C. Thoroughgsed, an omnibus timekeeper. D. Thorougligood stated that the deceased was his father, and resided in Seabrightscest, Hackney. On the evening of the 3rd inst. the deceased len the Royal Exchange, and entered an omnibus, of whirl witness was conductor. On reaching the Hackney read, witness passed another omnibus, driven by . • man na Knight, and stopped at the corner of Seabnght-street, to he the deceased oat. Witness saw Knight coming behind a the near aide, and called to him to stop his horses, for di deceased was in danger of being run over. Knight appeared not to have sufficient command over his horses, and before he could stop them the pole knocked him down. Bath wheels of the omnibus passed over his head, and he al raised bleeding protusely. He was removed to the hospital, where he expired the following Monday.—By the Comer: There was sufficient room for Knight to have pared= the off aide, and there was sufficient light for Wm to have seen the decemed.—Mr. Evans, a merchant, of Tipper Claptoa, said 4ae was on the outside of liniglifs omnibus. Knight had stopped his omnibus just before Thoroughgood had passed, and was quietly following bid when Thor ugbgood let his father out. The omnibus sons moving at the time, and the deceased ran against the horse Knight was driving, and he was knocked down. Waned did not hear Thoroughgood call out to stop the horses, sad Knight pulled up as soon as possible. Thorceighgoodkal opened the omnibus door while he was in the centre of the road. Several other witnesses were examined who owe borated Mr. Evaue's statement, and said it was purely ma. d en t a l.—The Coroner said that accidents were (mound, occurring through the present system of rivalry, and thougkt this case was entirely an occident.—The jury reterned a verdict of " Accidental death."—The driver was then called, and was cautioned by the coroner to keep on the rigLt rids in future, and to be more careful in driving . .—Aused MknaLAUGETE L—Before Mr . Payne, at Litly's 11(epitelf respecting the death of John Doherthy, aged 41, who, it was alleged, had died from the effects of violence received at the Coach and Horses public-house, Woolwich. This inquest was resumed from a previous day. It appeared that the deceased and others were drinking in frost of the hum the night of Sunday, the 26th of December.—A man r oad mast D r iver stated that he was informed by • girl " Squinty" that the deceased had been struck with a gain pot on the night in question, during a quarrel in High-50 05 1. Woolwicb.—Several witnesses were then examined, bat not one of them could throw any light on the case.—Mr. R. Wadi the summoning officer, stated that he had been t o Wool wich, and, although he had made every inquiry, was unable to glern any information on the aubject.—Wr. barley, the landlord of the said public-hour, was called, and likewise the waiter, but they declared on oath that so quarrel took place on the day named by the internee —The Coroner said the case we.. i n volved in great mystery, and there was no doubt that the deceased had come by kr death by some unfair means, and he fully believed that several of the witnesses kept back evidence of an important I character, purposely to frustrate the ends of justice. trusted that the case would be taken before a m agistrate u anything should transpire at all likely to throw any lien on the way in which the deceased came by the said oljall- The jury returned a verdict, "That the deceased came by his death from lock jaw, occasioned by a wound over the left eye, but how such injury was received there was no evi dence to prove."—A FIGHT ON HOARD SIIIY.—Befr Mr. Baker, at the London Hospital, as to all death of R. Wyse, aged 65, a shipwright, who died in the above institution on Monday last, from wed injuries he received in a fight.—W. Wyse, son of as td deceased, a shipwright, deposed that in the anent of the 23rd December he was engaged with the deceased and several others on board the ship Herefordshire , in pairing the hatchway. T he ship was being hauled out e the East India Docks basin into the river at Illarkel when witness accidentally pushed one of the seamen. Ai altercation ensued, and they fought for 'eve& anneal. The sailor was severely beaten, and witness escaped , slight injuries. Witness remained en deck, and the fi c : 4 l went into the forecastle, and persuaded several of the , to assist him in fighting witness. They then went on svito° de an d approached witness. The sailor again struck 1 and the other men immediately surrounded him, hat co mmenced beating him. The deceased, who was at work, 6 . 2 1 not being aware his son was the man they were ill-using. rued out" Shame, don't kill kim !" and instantly west to hM since. The deceased succeeded in forcing the sailor man witness. A mid:or named Morrison then struck the d ecas°d, who was knocked down. A general tight then took plen and Morrison struck the deceased a second time, and /Mho backwards down the hold of the ship, • distance of 161 The deceased wee immediately a :l ee ward' picked unr, appeared in great pain. The ship was under the neceselt being towed down to Graves end that day, an d the de•Wr,, remained on board. When the vessel arrived off G dont.", rader Morrison confessed to having knocked the deceased hold, and he was taken into custody oa t h e charge op ----------- Ifielr L is r 4 64 V somed t emod ating : h :l: 7. l.l:l o :, : it::.,: t eu h imo r i:,::: consequ ence of . wa s necessary to r•• e be will be arraign. 1 .—The jury t. \• evideace. - XNTHRONISATII 1 BD, i Idguirdgy the e' , b Olds giautin the Catb , . thwasand spectators. l r• 11,000 persona present. Tat o clock was the n e ,gbaptrr, but it was ha f boasta, wkere • greet i u ~ a lrurty assembled. 'i ti elms presedad by the ~ Illnpreesident too. IV, whilst the I:r The chapter ;bemire, covered with - r• ala derffY• i'. .Atra Registrar having si Hassey direeted to the c most rev. archbishop • The PRISIDENt II • - datory being now res ', .. proceed according to . I - 40, you will signify a • I •liiipter signified thei- . liersupon proceeded . • : &flows • .. We, William lit : residentiary of the t t - Bt. Peter of York, at '. 1, fel William Ceckburs, I - esth•dral, president • of our brethren and i J. • due regard and reap , L.• now been read by ou this business of enthro and effect thereof." The chapter, clergy, proceeded to the west if . PUrace his w his tneeis he cag re rniu t tL A e .m y r"rel fre e m b a h m i p la i a ll a i ' . ' . 4 , l 3. . sacerdotal robes, at. t the cathedral, and , s cession then formed to the chapter-hou,e, formed at the time u Raving reached t took the chair, and head of the chapter, clergy, &c., took tt i in a clear and cud, de "I, Thomas, by Di York, elected, contir ducted, installed, a ..d rights in the said cliu poweeeion of the ar ls. the rights, dignitic , . whatsoever, su coi.to statutes, or dinance •., this Y m o e r th k ea ,: h a tt n e it ro r t al c . tu " a a n ll d : , :a . church, anti ntly • Archbishop there tor all other things whit. venient in this bu'in The Penmen.. follows : " We, Wi arts, president of th our brethren and can Reverend Father in Lord Archbishop of li throtvd." This having condo chapter, the pr.c reached the aluu . i placed without the to petition as befit°, was adminiArred h " I, Thomas, hy 5 York, elected, contir ducted, itutalled, an. of this Cstk, dral and York, do swear Oat power defend the rig the said church not and to the laws and • and the holy Evsnge t , pu T :.....l he P an itse d uc ruc h Nz p t , In the name of l't clerk, master of arts, 4 raetropolitical church senee of the Rignt Divinity, dean of chapter, by and w' canons, now pre•en enthrone you, with loges, and appurte archiepiscopal ace 0 The litany and p D. Fellowes. The Archbishop episcopal throne. w the chapter standin the President again ion of th.• p 't resident then, s congregation, ri ad thronisation th.'n • sitting in the th •on proper stalls, th Archbishop then p services condui td. The memlwr , of the chapter-ho,.se ' Bishopthorpc ti th the common set l. THE CIR. RI ARCHB/Sfn • f' The followi'ig Archbishop of I) appeared exchr ire If we were to member of our sh sixteen years in 50 at this time to I is be greatly mini formed of the r. •e things, in refer. I Ile would let• 'n siderable num) er the church had.,' resistance) eget is to a bishopric. T the novelty ace would, perhaps, I her Majesty's ad episcopal bench a University of i .x And in prop , r • • particulars of the cause for wood , r, had been at But 1 I For instance h i the remonstrate: I it would have • , ee i immorality of life i come to the k to I opinions Groat . , t Which must hese I, themselves; t' • a world for four ac I. convocation el. v l• he would find ' h o selves read Os( se r. was, in theirown di the alleged een •,, u so he would fine 1 , n. very ground , f I, leave him in t'.e us if they had th is tel from that ofh, ~ Lat roof, and obta ni its would have d.to if And yet, or.e p,erroi z i mier by t . . ._ m inistry rat.oD4iP arity ruFawhi:,itr From Elutbp,cbaplai r t o 1 ' 1). itdf professor. ,ic c ond i e ' , o f -, . . . s s 2 : disft t o,. i the are required, g to- tures) , than in as take no part, p die o f candidates t , ...r the• ace remove him. ssed prived him of a re preachers bet .r: t al paratively en i question arisi g Al the professor .. ay it sat ship, by raisit.g loudly called is 00 ground of my dock avowedly on • h 2: aunt him, •` clothes, and .h cried mended him to cried should be exatu usist• wherefore th, y fres A stranger, t wed, struck wi th t..• this strange tr 5 cot •'ll " make choice sad lave Dr. If. yd theological re word The supp,se rata wi th good se., n uts mut to arrive ul of jg.