The Press. — London, England, 1853-09-10 00:00:00

SEPTEMIER 10, 1853. peculiar value to the verification or the national sun %%Mel' hahl ak•ettnite detcrinination or the latitude mid h.ugi• tale of the tobscnatory uoultl tam!. Standing as it dues satin.st midway loetween the 'eastern alliti western eeasts, and on the %VIVt of the hilly country on the west anti of the plains on the east, it occupies an illlpteatlt position for the determination of the ell'ects Of hunt on atmospheric chango:4. " - - " - • Mr. ia►wson hay►, however, fixed the Ist of October next as the limit of the period within which the !nag nificent present will le available for the scientific liublie iu Nottinglounshire. If not definitively Re canted on the proposed condition by that day, his offer will be withdrawn or transferred elsewhere. The committee have accordingly . less than a ►uonth before them for collecting sub:m.4l6oos and ma ki ng arrangements for the Midland Observatory. METROPOLITAN COMMISSION OF SEW F. IZS. commissioners Itch' a meeting ea 'liter:day, at their principal office in Oreek-street, Soho, being the Simi, since the passing of the act of Parliament eon tinning and defining their poweN. The commis hioners prosent were Mr. Richard ,Tubb (the chair man), Lientenant Colonel DaWSOII, Mr. lieergo S. Swill', Mr. 11. A. Liam, and Mr. Calcium The Secretary reml to tin' court a statement or the payments mule ud ordered, front which it appear..4l that the firtub. belong- tug to the several disti iets dinonnied, on the 811th o f .lour l a st. Us 35,7411. 4.1.; debt, 29,407 f. 12s. 741.; balms( to er4 6,3142. I is, mi. Thu itiumnit to N . &rived front outstanding rate,. lu ruilection was 74,0;a on that day. 'file mailable Winn r, therefore, after taking credit for the outsbuidina rate:, was $1,41141. leis. MI. With respect to p r ospective expenses, the cur rent ordinary e xpeaditurallis set down at 40,i1 71. 'rho eatimate for extraordinary works ordered lint not commenced, or may partly exe.mted, Up to the 30th or June, 1/44a, was 66, ltd. las. 10.1.; of this stmt. however. contracts leave born tinishod during July and .litannt to the wuultut ..f 46,44101., 1 embrachw also Up., isio,t important these works. The total pr,,sis,•••ti‘s, ens., wu t , therefore, 125,taitiL Jr's. 10.1. 'the stun available for farther extraordinary workS Is 14,1148/. Is. 141. The at ttttt int to be derived from new rates, at (hi. in the pound. is 216,3:11/., and 01 this stun 1 Immo/. may he I' listed %Min the year. This state ment does Inn eilibrave Lite !Wattles fia - perniatient loans to the ttttt rit of 99,1921. 13s. Id., and for the claim for the ordnance survey to the Moonlit of 24,2121. 17s. —Total, 123,1051. Ills. lid. The Chairman then took the opportunity of r t ._ capit alining the various nets of the present commis sioners since their appointment in July last year:— Find, he milltt advert to the state of atlitirs when the new eo111111:sSi wits issued in July, Imt) . 2. Ile might characterise that time as a period of peculiar dillieulty. Tinar predecessor:: in (Puttee hail experienced a great blow and heavy discouragement from the sadden and %cry un expected reduction of their rowels td rating from Ikl. to 34. in the pound, about twelve months before that t• This (dump,. wax made without giving the commissioners any oppiirtititity of remonstrating or expressing their opinion on the subject, either to the I lovernment to Parliament : and it was efftLeted, also, without any eon. %Menu bin of the wants of the public or the engagements of the elainisimsioners. Before OW time, the then commis sioners were very anxious to execute works fur the benefit of the public to a very large extent, anti haul even ordered works to it very great amount. The 'adobe expectation was raised by iltese orders, which were etonsitlen.d almost tantamount to actual t:ttgagements; but the ts tttttt tissit oilers were prevented from fulfilling those expectations by reason of the sudden withdrawal ..f the means by which trey hold fully ealettlated quoit having at their ttttt nut& A six. penny rate prodtteml 1011,010/. a year, and after the reduc tion the utmost limit to which they could t . . was 1110,0011/. a year: which, after deducting the ordinary expenses of cleansing and rerouting sewers, and the establishnient ex. Pollsest left the balance applicable for new works very small indeed. 'flat result wits, that when the new commis. shin of July, 13:4, was issued, it was found that, atter giving credit for all rates which had then been math and tree' in the course of et ollection, there would be it balance of 311,000/. against the commissi tttt With that debt the new mumnissi tttt er4 had to contend, and they hail also to contend with this circittustance--that several of the • ..... former commissionem resigned, and the commission Wits in a great measure reconstituted. lint, happily, there were got together a number of gentlemen who hall, up to the present time, co - o ls:rated with the greatest cordiality. flaying said thus much respecting the reconstitution of the cotnnaismioners, and the difficulties they had had to struggle with, he w o uld pass on to what they had done during th e year. NOW, after looking at the extent of work done for the several yeiws which had elapsed since the consolidated commission was established, he could assert that in no instance had any commissioners ever executed more works in I twelvemonth than had been accomplished by the present commission. The public works consisted of brick sewers and pipe sewers. Of brick sewers them had been 2SI wiles, either constructed, or put in band, or con tracted for. There bad also been constnteted at the public expenie 121 miles of pipe sewers; making the total length of new sewers made at the public expense 4O miles, the cost of which had been 14t,m5:11. Rut there were many other works which were also public in every sense of the word, although they were constriteted at the expense of private ludic ideals, the owners of property abutting on the puLlie roads, and of this species of work there had been I la miles of brick sewers executed, at a cost of `Kt IV. The plans of these works had been submitted to the officers •and the engineers of the commission—they had been cur rested by hem . and their execution had taken place wider the 'superintendence of their officers. There had also, been a haw amount of pipe sewers laid at the cost of private individuals, which he could not designate as public works, although, as far us they went upon the public roads. they were a public benefit ; and the length of these had beeil no less than V) miles, the cost having been 41.1 Um/. The Commaisiglicch bad, thadorg iupainUndvil mks, cu. THE PRESS. cured at private' expense, costing at natal Of NVIA had l'‘eCkitlA new works out of the district nit's to the extent of I It!.s. l fl/. '1 he total east 14 the wholc of the works t xecuttal and supwrintenaletl by that commis stop was, thereft try, •_:a..'l7lF. Put the ‘t k thaw by the eommissioners did not cud them All that he had cllll - won' works only: lint they hod also executed large repairs. HIM Mkt coverts) mud 114.110rIllt.ti tether ilieideutul 0114'111lhoos, i ditiouul Ohji.eth OWN had expended a further sum el' :il'. MU. There was one other nipic oat w Inch. perhaps, Solite °hater% ti• nods might lie tAlteettal from hint : Le alluded to what was called " the main drainage of I. Ion." 'Phut was a great object. b• which the commissioners had directed their serious attention from the first institution of the co 's abut ill IhiS lit was o n e wine), rhos were very deli lolls or carrying into effect. Most persons were aware that a great 'lumber of plauts.—upwitivls of 100, he believed — were sent in three pox ago by 411th:rent intlit aim& upon OW ill\ itlittoll ut the eouuuisaiouens. Tito mose milelreti to a vollllllittet. of that body, and maturely etimatleriall by :them, and the result of their iinestigution was, that the late Mr. Frank 1" aster, the engineer of that commission, lout together a seht•lllt• for the intercept' of the sewage of 10.11111111, V. bleb wits—h' thought he might siqit without fear of et alti - aalietitin—by far the hest selsenie which haul yet iippeart4 on the subject llowever, Wald funds, and want of funds only, had prevented the con 111 l is4ittnerti up to the present time from carrying this scheme into effect ; and wen• they supplied mot with the neeessio) 'moo they would I qatla.mtlur to execute the pit deo. Hut Varliansent hwl not thtmglat it right to 'other upon 111(111 the lieet.hatill'y WHIM'S for raising the funds which wituld enable diem ao do ; and in the meantime the works of urg v ut necessity which were &lily called fat' in the tueUulsdts chlwril the 'Mill -6.11 of the eon 111 l issisawrs. The finals at their disptosal wen. spate unequal even to pnivWl. for the ordinary works of drainage ; but this fact ought to lie well borne lit mina, Rua there ought to he uu !nista. , Made oliont it by tune that s'ou'rs work which was carried ilito tired the •S•i11111.11: was 110‘iseti with reference to Il k i• nitiiwte realisation of the great scheme of interception to alkali lie had alluded, Sgl aIN ICI fall in un.l t hoilwil with it w h en it wits euwpletrd. The %%MIS trey WIT.* carrying on would tints Is• of very great importantw, would ii tidy form main lortinelies of that great scheme, w 'dist at the same time they would $4 . 111 . As bald !WHITS I . .)ll)ll.iblijitagt , Of the particullatr districts thnaigh which they poised. 'flat funds at the dis p osal of the 1.41111111i5t0t1111.114 at present woe the ran,: 111 be levied 1111011!t the ensuing year, and also the allln.xllit which might IN' raised by way tif lover.. The act of last S's/4illl would out enable akin to 1111111' 1 . 1111118 than '21111,111111/., Mid it Null.) tlisTetio*s. heeoille their shay so consider cry' easefully how they could expend the routes tleev did ikossi.ss to the greatest advantage, especial) seeing that the action& now being made ups an them vial farexesaaled the work %%Melt tae y 'amid aeistmplisle even will' the et 11111 l Hind of this Mo dern refinement required the conanutstit oda greator litltii ber of smell' than were formerly called for, and the puldie had not yet thoroughly learnt that these 'stollen' luxuries must lie paid bur by those who enjoyed them. The secretary was then directed to prepare 1111 ad vertisement with the 'now of obtaining a loan upon the security of the rates. District rates were also or derud of fourpence in theipound Moll. the Western and the Eastern divisions ; and of threepence in the pound upon the Poplar and Illackwall district, tirtuanwich, Ravensbourne, Hackney Brook, Spital• fields, Lower Wapping, and llolhorn. Amorm. oT Eminityrios ulfected this year by the (loverinnent eommismionem has been very heavy, and it is anticipated that it will continue so through out the remainder of the year. Tin means placed at their disposal for this purpose are considerable, told enable them to send out iihout four vessels monthly to the Australian colonies. The labour market there, it is therefore to h e h o p e d, will I N , shortly sufficiently supplied ; but there is'teo much reason to apprehend that, fur the next year or two, the agricultural interest of Australia will experience some difficulty in finding an adequate supply, more particularly us, by the rapidly-inereasing IN consumption of produce will be greatly extended, and therefore require an addition of labour. ply the late accounts it does nut, however, appear that they have suffered so much as was anticipated film' the want of farm servants; but their requirements would soon become serious were emigration of labourers to cease, or even to diminish. From the anemia of Australian wool sold at the late public sales, it. e.p pears that the last clip has been pretty well got, in; but, from the fact, of a greater portion than fistful being in the "grease," it is evident bow much the farmers have felt the want of a better supplied labour market. Tan DEATits ItEotsrEarn IN LONDON during the week ending Saturday numbered 1,929, whilst the average of the corresponding weeks for the last ten years, not including the cholera in IMI9, was 950. The mortality, however, little exceeds the average rail it in the same proportion as the increase of po pulation. Cholera was fatal to sixteen persons; diarrhoea to 152, showing a tendency to increase. The deaths from typhus, which in the ',receding week ware 27, rose to 45 ; scllrlatina has inereaged from 1m in the previous week to nearly double that num ber—namely, 3'2 deaths in the last week. WEDNESDAY next, the 11th lust., will he the first atuaiverthary of the death of the Duke of Walingtion. Ml ETINti OF THE ItItITISH AS,SQUATIoN ENT OF SCIENCE. twenty third annual meeting uf this associa limo commenced at Hull, on Wednesday, with a *itring s i r the generalrunnn i lt r ' in the library of the Hull Infirmary Colonel Sabine, the president of the 8551 Willa he chair. I'lpOrt id lift. parliaimentary 1.0111111111.10 e wall read. It alluded to the steps which had boen taken to procure 0 lethlelloll ill the no IN 4,f 15 ,,,t 0ge present Mit i ll e, pies of %,,rk., I .:11n1et1 .11 Own. spontlents in foreign ptuis. These could only now be sent at the hitllle late 118 lottono, and Uri ettill 11111.100 was 1111ktillItt lit have this remedied. I ionl Calming had announced thus 110 was in treaty with foreign Otwernments fur the trinismission of works generally, but he thought it would hi o ftol o t ot io to make speeial regulations for scientifie works. The report then detailed what had been done in the matter of Littittottault M entry's m1)410116 fur graphical observations, and recommended that nu exertions should IS. spared to imbue toot e en to ong with the IttNeShity of it realletitlit MO 00 ordination of the 01/t4elAittiolo4 ittitinh naval officers. The committee then proemsltsl to the oleetioto of the various 'officers neoessar) to conduct the lousiness of the sealants, alter which the ettfamiueta of a ll ow immolation w iv , stme t tl fi x t. Mr. Alitoass read the general treasurer's account, from the Ist 111 Sept., id lielfte.t, filig of Sept., at 111111. Ifeceipts—To balance Itrought on front the pervious meow*. 24 I. Its. 1141. ; lire cow po,otiooh at Ileltiwt muotiog. tow.; ditto, during the IP4I. ; 111111111 subscriptions at ((elfast, Is:U. ; ditto. during the year, fist ls. ; associate tinkets at Belfast meeting, Ma; holies, ditto, ditto, 2924 ; composition for future pulolieations, W.; dividends uu h1,414 . k (OM . .%eikr 1. R I M MS. hod.; interest ou cash 1:1'0111 Itellit.st, Si. Is 10d. ; from the sale tor publications, i'epssrts, eatalogues situ's, •6 IhAtt's Lines," ..,25)1 1. Us 1111.: total. ISL Is. lid. I'lly Incubi—For moods) twits:nag, tokenising, binding, expenses a Belfast meeting, petty disltunwi t iestfi, lift' treasurer, 2 I 11/. Ills. 10t1.; helmet. of accoluit fur printing report of the 1 w elitietl I met .ting, I ;W. Its. tad; printing report of the twenty linot 'muting, 122/. 2s. 941. ; engraving for the ntioort of the twenty. second meeting, I 1. l 2s. fill.; salaries, twelve months, onoWattiuing the establishtutnit at. Kew I Rosen atm), I 6rtl. ; tai account of grant for researches on the Itritish A111'6.16111., Inf.; oxpotri meets on the iidliwnee of solar radiations, (Si.; dredging ton the east coast of Scolituid, lids ; ethnological inquiries, dal. ; balance at the bankers', 2'44/. 12s. Ad.; ditto in the founds of the general L14404111.1' and local lrelistwers, 3/. Is. 041.: total, 1:1/. Is. lid. The report having been received tual adopted, the ' stee ling ottlittiinied until M u ndt) itexl. 'lite evening meeting was held iu the grand saltoon of the Meeltanies' Institute, Wlll . ll W. 11. Esq., M.A., FA 1.5., vie/. president of the Royal Society, and prosidwit of the Catuliridge Philosophical Socitoto, road his address. l';1411.1T AII.IJi'VrIoNN kolt iIoNNY for the de. gulieti•ou or capture of pirates in ltimits" have in all been node by the olllet.rs and cress of her likitisty'it ships under the 11 tits). IV., e JO. This net, which was repealed by one passed in the 13th and her present 111alesty, alluwell :MN. for every piratical Imrsi 'it taken or killed, Auld hl. fur every other on hoard every viral,* vessel at the begiunisni the engagement. These which iiiyill‘vd the amount of were .41 paid. Ni:W LAW ON BEek.:ll•T 5TA111..4 will take' effect from and after the 111411 of next iletulier. Ihl all receipts for tlie payment of . .f/. and upwards tlw new ditty is one penny, 'mid may be denoted either by it upon the paper wherein' any such instrument is written, or by an adhesive stamp affixed thereto ; and the commissionent of the inland re venue fire to provide tam - tips of both descriptions fur the purpose of denoting the duty. In any ease where aul adherive stamp is used for the purpose on any receipt or upon any draft or order respectively clidxgealile with the duty of one penny, the person by whom it is given shall, lieffire the imarament is delivered out of his hand, ctistisly, or power, can or obliterate the 41111Oli so used by writing thereon his MUM!, or the initial letters of his ilium . , so and iii such a manner as to show dearly mid distinctly that such slimly has beets made use elf, find so that the same may not be again used ; and, if any 14114•11 receipt, dc., is mot bond jitir cancelled, this party giving the same is to forfeit Ili/. Any penman getting off or removing, or getting the stamp and affixing, or using to defraud her Majesty, is to lie liable to a forfeiture of 214. Persons having receipt stamps on hand are to Wallowed fiir the saute. BY TUE PATENT I.vw passe"! last session-- copies of provisional spccificatigms lodged are to b open to public inspection, and certified copies MO to be evi dence in lisailanti and Ireland.