The Sun. — London, England, 1850-04-02 00:00:00

btrt . Ebition *SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. MANSION-HOUSE—(THIS DAY.) RE-EXAMINATION OF Ma. WALTER WATTS.— Walter Waits, late lessee of the Olympic and Maryle bone Theatres, who stands charged with stealing a cheque for 1,4001., the property of the Globe Insur ance Company, was brought up again on remand this morning at the. Mansion-house. The interest in the affair seemed to be still unabated, and long before the gates and doors of the justice-room were opened to the public an immense number of well-dressed people had assembled outside, and when the do o r s were unlocked the rush i n t o the court was terrific. Mr. Alderman Gibbs sat for the Lord Mayor. Al dermen Copeland and Carden were also on the bench. The prisoner was brought up at half-past one o'clock, in the custody of D. Forrester. Mr. Clarkson, instructed by Messrs. Freshfield, appeared for the prosecution ; and Mr. Bodkin, in structed by Mr. Wontner, attended on behalf of the prisoner. The first witness called was Mr. Henry Bion Reynolds, of Tottenham, who deposed as follows :—I am the ledger keeper of the bank of Glyn and Co. It is my duty to check off the entries in the pass books against the entries in the ledger. After the payment of a cheque of 1,4001. on the 14th of last February, I found that there appeared an entry of that payment in the Globe Insurance pass-book and in the ledger. I see a place in the pass-book produced where it has been erased. The figures 447/. ls. 3d. have been altered to 1,4001. I see no other erasure in the pass book. I perceive at the bottom striking the amount upon the debit side. I see the whole amount has been! iwritten on an erasure. Ido not know Mr. Watts' handwriting. There was an entry of 447/. ls. 7d., as well as the 1,4001. when entered up in the ledger from the pass-book, on the 26th of February. That entry is also erased, and I find it entered upon the spot where the 1,4001. had been previously entered. It is usual to return the cancelled cheques to the customers. It was the custom of the Globe Insurance to send for their pass-book every Wednesday. Cross -examined—I am speaking of the general practice of checking in the bank. A person calls the items from the pass-book, and I check them in the ledger, and I see a mark on the ledger, which induces me to believe that the items I have mentioned were called. It is the duty of one clerk only to call the items from the pass-book, • and I tick off the items in the ledger. This ledger contains the accounts of all our customers. When I ' am away for holiday the ledger is checked by some one else. GERMA NY. ITALY. Re-examined—The total in the pass-book when compared with the ledger, on the 26th February, was 22,045/. 7s. 9d. on the debit side. I cannot say:who it was that called the items, but a party calls the items in the pass-book, and I see that they correspond with the items in the ledger. The sums called on the 26th corresponded with those in the ledger. They in cluded the banking transactions from the 19th to the 26th. Mr. Henry Probie examined—l am a messenger at the Globe Insurance, and I was the person whose duty it was to fetch the pass-book of the company from the bankers every Wednesday. From January last, down to the present time, it has been my practice to fetch it from the bank. I apply for it at the coun ter, take it and carry it to th e office. On each Wed nesday as I. obtained it I always gave the pass book to the prisoner. Mr. Watts's office was in the third floor. I used to deliver to him the book down stairs, in the bottdm. I :believe the book was handed by Mr. Watts to the secretary. Mr. Watts generally waited for it in our bottom office, not in his - office, and then he went up to his own office. That occurred always on the Wednesdays, so that when I came into the office from the bankers' I found Mr. Watts generally on the ground floor, wait ing to receive it. Cross-examined by Mr. Bodkin—Generally speak e ing I saw :Mr. Watts. Sometimes .1 have taken the book up stairs to him. In • this year, 1850, I - have generally delivered the book below. About ten clerks are engaged in the lower office, but sometimes I found Mr. IVatts in the entrance hall. I bring the book open. The directors meet on Thursday. The book was given to Mr. Watts, to be laid o n th e secretary ' s table, where I have often seen it while the secretary was in the room. 11e-examined—l have seen the book on the table on Wednesdays and Thursdays—generally:on Thursdays. I haire seen it this year on the table, but I cannot sly whether it was on a Wednesday or a Thursday. Mr. Watts sometimes told me to go for the pass-beak. My place is to attend ,the hall, and Mr. Watts has come from up stairs to tell me to fetch the hook. Generally speaking, I have always found him waiting in the lower office for the book, and when I have given it to him he has taken it up stairs. The office I have mentioned is on the right hand side ef the hall, and Mr. Watts, while waiting in that office, could see me through a glass-door, aed he sometimes came out to meet me. Mr. Clarkson said this was all the evidence he had to off'r on the subject of the 1,4004 robbery, which he thought was sufficient to justify, a committal on that distinct charge, and he called for one Accord ingly: He was' prepared to go into otherescaters, but he felt that ,he had advanced enough to justify the Alderman . committing the prisoner for trial. Mr. Aldertnap Gibbs and Mr. Goodman, the chief clerk, then retired to 'consider the application. On their return, after a short absence; - Mr. Alderman GlEns expressed a wish to. have another case proceeded With. Mr. FrOst Itothney, a cashier in the Louden and Westminster 'Bank, - was next called. On the 2fith, of last February a Cheque for 1,400/. on Glyn's was paid into, the bank to the credit of the prisoner, but I-can not swear Whether it was a Globe Insurance cheque. I; however, prodace a dscunient that was delivered in with the .cheque. That cheque was cashed at Glyn7s, and the amount carried to the prisoner's ac count. The money has been drawn from the - account, - but there is still a small balance in theprishaer's favour. 21Ir. Bone, ore being recalled,, stated that the write. ing and figures in the erasures in the piss, book were, in the erisoner a hand Writing The paper produced was also in the prisoner's - handwritin g . This paper was a pass ticket for the cheque signed by the prisoner. Mr. Rothney, in his cross-examination, stated that he was ppsitive he received the cheque- and tickets,: as he entered the transaction in a book at the time...- Mr. William S:.ePhen was next exemined.—l A clerk in (ilyts'e house, and on .the 26th of last February a cheque wuss ..,presented: -for 1 ,4004. , ta me over the, counter by one of the clerks of the. London and Westminster Bank. It formed a part of alarge charge presented on that day. 1-know 'a Globe Insurance cheque, and to the best of my belief . this 1',400/. cheque was one of them. After pay ink the . 'cheque and cancelling it, I pass it to another': clerk,*who enters it into, it book, and then it goes to the ledee:r, which is kept by Mr. Senthory. After the' cheques are written off our books, they are re turned to the eustomers: That is tho.practice of the bank. COURSE OF EXCH) Anis v;v.i ean 12 T . Ditl4„ throe months .. 12 334 itotteedkin .. 12 4 Amtwerp ; . .1 .. 25 35 ru sels Il .... ... 25 S 5 Firl barVil . . ••• • • • M•P • 1 3 135 i Paris, 3 , dayealglit ~ . 25 55 Ditto. 3 months .... 25 80 , Marseilles •. •• ........ 25 82% Bourcteaux.: .. ..... ' . -- Frankfort on Maine.... 121 N Berlin. • .• ..... ..... •. Vienna, effec. , ilo•• •• •• 12 18 Trieste, ditto.... • • .... 12 IR Piftersburgh, SU. Ithla.• 37% Madrid .... • • ........ 493 i Calla •• •• .. ~........ 49% Barcelona • • • . •• • • .• • • "*". SeTilla.. •••• .. • • • • • • ... -- (THIS EVENING.) Mr. Reynolds recalled—On the MI of February last" there was an entry in the pass book pro duced for this second 1,400/. There has been an erasure. That entry is in our ledger, and was made by me. The chequ e would be returned on the follow ing Wednesday with the pass-book. Mr. Probie recalled—l remember Mr. Watts leaving the office on the . sth of March. -On the Wednesday previously I fetched the pass-book from the bank and.gave it to Mr. Watts. Ido not recollect that he scut me for it. • As far as I can recollect it was either in the lower office, or close by in the hall,' that I delivered the book to Mr. Watts. After I gave it to hiM I cannot say whether he went up-stairs. , . Cross-examined--I cannot swear positively that I gave the pass-book to M r . W atts on this last oc casion. I have on some occasions given the bobk to• other parties. I think I gave the book to Mr. Watts on the last -Wednesday that. he wa s ' th ere; but I should not like to swear that I did. Reexamined—l do not believe that I hive given the book to any other person but Mr. Watts since the cainmencement of the present year. , Mr: Stephenson 'being recalled identified the cheque produced as the form of those used by the Globe Insurance-office. Alr. Iton'e recalled -I have searched through .the cancelled chequks received by Messrs. Glyn and Co. from the Globe -office. It is ehe custom of the office to keep them as vouchers for the payment. There is no cheque to be found for the 1,4001. alleged to have been paid on the /26th February. I have . looked at the pass-hcok, and I perceive that there is an erasure, in the item dated on the 26th February. Cross-examined —The cancelled cheques are kept in it drawer in the office. lte-ex:aceined—l am . a clerk in the Globe Insu ranua-office. So was the'prisoner. He left on the .sth of March, and has not been there Since. The paid cheques were kept in a drawer in the.e.fiiee, and it , was the, prisonpr'i dirty to chf ck them . with the pas...-ho',E. I have searched. that drawer, but cannot find ativ chNine with reference to the 1 ,400/. of the 2Gth February. The book produced contains the form of Globe Insurance-office cheques, and there appear to have been two sheets of cheques torn out of ir. l‘lr. Clarkson proposed to stop here with reference but444l,o4learktiatsteilis and he o l t t h a e d r o c t a h s e e r s, ev a i n d d en h c e e to offer -', -7 :teeforW" - Arfgr another remand. Inquiries were gni- - ;,::7, -- .' --Ad new cases were gradually coming ii c ey . N.:•' - , )41 u , ould be a matter of convenience to - „- 04- 1 0 i. • 'figther remund bbould be had if 4 .4, 1 .- ,----,.. i., • ;el -0 7 -.4., 0 Ajad V --- :" . 1 - /c.? ) -V -__ N ii The German Journal of Frankfort states that the Prussian Cabinet has sent a reply to the collective note of the Kings of Wurtemburg, Bavaria, and Saxony, in which it declares formal►y that it will never consent to the Austrian monarchy as a collec tion of states, entering the new Germanic union, and that it will firmly persist in the line of policy it has adopted, in order to satisfy the German nation, and protect the rights of states, by establishing a political community. A telegraphic dispatch from Berlin states that M. de Persigny, the French Ambassador, was to leave fur Paris in a few days. It adds that it is not true, as has been stated, that the Government of Electoral llese intends to separate from the alliance of 26th May. The Russian Government has, it is said, com menced negotiations for establishing a line of electric telegraph from St. Petenburgh to Vienna and Berlin. The Aix la Chapelle Gazette says that the Emperor Faustin of Haiti is about to send an ambassador to Berlin, and that he has already accredited one to llamburgh._ A letter from Erfurt of the 28th ult. states that the committee on the Constitution of the Chamber of the People had resolved to propose to the Chamber at once to pass to the revision of the Constitution, and to pro pose the modifications it considers necessary. The Cologne Gazette states that Russia has ad dressed a new note to Prussia, in which it insists on the necessity of Austria and Prussia coming to an understanding for the settlement of the German question. Andrew Palmer, grocer - land druggist, Great Had ham, Hertfordshire, to surrender April 12, at one, end May 10, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Gra. ham,'official-assignee, Coleman-street; Clarkes, Bishops gate churchyard. David Stead, George-street, Adelphi, April 6, at one, and May 4, at twelve, at the Court of bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee; Scott, St. Mildred's-court. Henry Spiller, dealer and chapman, St. John's-wood, April 13, at half-past twelve, and May 11, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee; Jaquet, Clifford's-inn. William Barnes, auctioneer, Hungerford, Berkshire, April 18, at one, and May 10th, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, (Oficial assignee, Sambrook court, Basinghall-street; Wright and Kingsford, Essex street, Strand; Cowper, Newbury. Thomas Williams, innkeeper, Weaverham, Cheshire, April 11 and May 9, at eleven; at the Liverpool Dis trict Court. Turner, official assignee, Liverpool; Green, Northwich. John Crosthwaite, Merchant, Liverpool, to surrender April 17 and May 9, at eleven, at the Liverpool Dis trio; Court Turner, official assignee, Liverpoo ; Lowndes, Robinson, Bateson, and Lowndes, Brunswick-street Liverpool. J.Young, innkeeper, Manby, Lincolnshire,;April 17 and May 8, at half-past ten, at the Leeds District Court. Carrick, official assignee, Hull; Ingoldby and Son, Louth; Blackburn, Leeds. William Stubbs, innkeeper, Chapel Allerton, York shire, April 23 and May 6, at eleven, at the Leeds Dis trict Court. Hope, official assignee, Leeds; Payne and Co., Leeds. John Howard, cloth merchant, Leeds, April 12 and May 24, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official assignee, Leeds; Bond and Barwick, Leeds, A letter from Munich, of the 25th ult., states that the military preparations in Bavaria continued on a grand scale, and that 300,000 florins had been set apart for the purchase of horses for the artillery. The Corriere Mercantile publishes a note of Car dinal Antonelli, bearing the date of the 9th ult., and addressed to Marquis Spinola, the - Sardinian Charge d'Affaires;accredited to the Holy See. In this note the Cardinal, after complaining of the deplorable state of ecclesiastical matters in Piedmont, in consequence of the unbridled licentiousness of the press, tending to overthrow all the rights of the Holy Mother Church, and its influence over public instruction, states that the Moly Father, whilst bewailing the dangers that threatened the Church of Piedmont, had nevertheless trusted hitherto to the religious feeling of his Sardinian Majesty, and to the wisdom of his Government, but had been grievously disappointed on seeing the Bill on the abolition of Ecclesiastical Courts brought forward by the Minister of Grace and Justice, the more so, as the Holy See had been ac cused of having refused to treat with the Sardinian Government on the subject. Cardinal Antonelli then reminds the Sardinian Cabinet of the concordats of Benedict XIII., Benedict XIV., and Gregory XVI., which had all been religiously observed by the Holy See, and affirms that when the Sardinian Govern ment' expressed a desire of concluding a new treaty, his Holiness, notwithstanding he had : a right to insist upon the observance of the existing ones, had nevertheless authorised his PlenipOten tiary to discuss the subject ; that the said Plenipo tentiary had presented some ob3ervations on the 'plans of the Sardinian Government, but that the latter had taken no notice of them, probably on account of the , unfortunate circumstances ex• isting at the time ; and lastly, that when Count Siccardi was sent to " Portici some months ago; his credentials indeed mentioned the subject of ecclesiastical courts, but that it was a fact that he (Count Siccardi); although he entered into negotia. tions upon other matters relating to his mission, never' spoke upon that subject. The Cardinal then declares that the Holy See can never consent to see its rights thus disregarded ; that the Holy Father, in the bitterness of his heart, prays to God that Pied, mont may not be punished as other nations have been for humiliating the clergy, but that he protests before God against the violation of the rights of the Church 'and of the existing treaties. MARKET IN TEL LIGENCE. (From the London IVero Price Current, April 2.) SUGAR.-There is no variation in the value of West India Muscovado, still operations have been upon a limited scale for all purposes; low to fine brown at from 33s b 355, yellow 35s to 40s, and grey 34s to 38s per cwt. An impressioe gains ground that prices for Sugar will rule moderate for some time. Accounts continue of a favourable nature with respect to the crops, and there is no falling off in the production of beet-root Sugar on the Continent. REFINED.-To-day former rates were well supported for Rsfined goods, and several parcels were taken by horse-dealers. Crushed Sugar is still not much wanted, and at former terms there are free sellers. MAURITIUS.-Operations have been to a limited ex tent only for home trade purposes, and as there is a plentiful supply at market, former rates are barely sup. ported. Of 5,440 bags offered at public sale, not above half found buyers; low to good mid yellow went at from 35s to 375; good to very fine, 375 6d to 41s; brown, fair to fine, 32s 6d to 34s 6d; and low to fine grey, 348 to 38s per cwt. The chief part consisted of the better sorts. EAST INDIA. -- Prices have slightly declined for Bengal Sugar, and the supply continues to exceed home dealers' wants. At public sale 3,900 bags were disposed of; low to good white Benares at from 378 6d to 39s 6d, lord to fine soft yellow 33s to 375, good and fine brown 31s to 325, and good strong yellow 408 per cwt. The value of Klittur is 283 to 304, and few buyers aro to be met with. Madras, soft brown, 28s to 305, yellow 31s to 355, and better sorts 36s to 445. Other East India sorts are much the same in value as last week. FOREIGN.-Operations have been of little moment for export, although there are.sellers of bonded parcels ra ther under former rates, By private treaty 4,000 chests yellow Havannah have been sold tat from 193 6d to 20s for mid to good. None has been submitted to pubhe sale, still a fair quantity is on offer privately, and lower rates are expected to prevail. Duty paid sorts have been operated on with caution, and can be obtained rather undr former terms; the market will also be better supplied shortly. At auction 200 casks Cuba Muscovado were withdrawn, and tho sound of 3,936 bags Siam was taken in at 40s to 43s 6d for white, but the washed sold at the moderate rates of 37s 6d to 41s 6d per cwt. Refiners working under bond continue to operate with much caution. MOLASSES. -There is a larger stock than last year at this time, and transactions have been limited. The value of low to fine West India may be reckoned at 15s to 17s, and East India 13s 6d to 14s per cwt. COFFE t t.-To-day Coffee was in good demand, chiefly for home trade purposes; on the part of holders great firmness was apparent, and good ord Native Ceylon on the spot was not to be obtained under 54s 6d, and for arrival 52s per cwt was asked. The only public sale of Coffee at present declared is 70 casks and 100 bags Plantation Ceylon; and by private treaty the quantity at market iii small of both shipping and home trade kinds. Cocoa.--In West India the sales, have been unimpor tant, and the stock yet far exceeds that of last year : de liveries also keep on a smaller scale, and lower rates are ekpecteel, to prevail; the value of red is 42s to 48e, and grey 38a to 43s percwt. The sales concluded in Foreign - are upon a - small scale at from 29s to 29s per cwt. TEA. -Since last Tuesday three vessols have ar rived with 24,000 packages, and public sales will be declared shortly. The' stock at this port exceeds that of the past year, but in home trade deliveries there is little variation. Holders of Congou appear not will ing to make any further concession in late 'valuta, but the ,towlt and country trade operate with caution, and if sales were to be pressed a fall would be the result. For ord and good ord prices rule at 9d to 9,1 d, mid kinds 10d to is 2d, and better sorts Is 3d to Is 9d per lb. There is a fair supply at market. Prices remain much the same as last quoted for Green, yet few buyers are to be met with of good and fine, and only a moderate business has been doing in inferior. EICE.-Tkere is a reluctance on the part of shippers and home-dealerrs to operate in East India, and we have . no . sales to report on speculation, low as prices are. Bengal of ord and mid white quality can be obtained at Bs,to 9s, better sort 95 6d to 10s 6d, cargo 7s to 7s 6d; Aradras pinky white 8s to 8s 6d, and pearl barley 7s to 35 per cwt. There are free sellers of cleaned Rice, and the trade operate with caution, low to fine Patna at 12s to 30s, broken 95.6 d to 115 Gd, town dressed Carolina .20s to 265, and American 18s 611 to 193 per cwt. Saco.-The raterasked for Pearl are 20s to 23s per cwt, still enly small orders have been completed by private treaty, and none has been offered at auction. For Sago Flour the market has a dull aspect, and 21s' to 22s is the value. Full terms are wanted for Tipiocp, still buyeis operate with caution. At auc tion 20 ens werd sold at 6id per lb for good white Rio. There is. no further decline in prices of . Arrowroot; the market had a quiet aspect. At auction a. part only of 200 pkgs and 392 tins St. Viucent's of the new crop found buyers at 7d to Wid for mid and good quality. SPICES.-There has been little business concluded in, Pimento, and buyers will not pay above SV. for the best, and siel to sid for other sorts. Black Pepper is not offered at any further decline, yet private sales have been limited for all purposes, and none offered at auction. For Malabar prices rule at 3il to 4d, and Sumatra 31c1tO 3id per lb. Of white only small parcels have been sold at from Gd to Bd, and Pod 30s to 60s per cwt. For Cin namon there is still a dull sale, and to sell lower rates would haver to be * acceded to. Only trifling purchases haVe been made in Cassia Lignea at 1053 to 110 s, yet there is not a better supply at market. For Cassia Buds the value is 110 s to 1153, with few buyers. Cloves have been purchased with caution, Amboyna at 9d to 11d, Bencoolen is 7d to 2s. Penang Is 3d to is 9d, and Bourbon lid to Bd. Of Mace a fair quantity has been sold at from 2s 3d to 2s Rid for ordinary to fine. Nutmegs are wanted, and few parcels are to be obtained; for brown of first sort the rates paid are 3s 6d to 434 d, second ditto 2s 10d to 3s sd, and other kinds 2s 6d to 2s 9d. For Ginger there is a quiet market, yet prices rule firm, and supplies are limited. The value is Si to 104 and East India export kinds 198 to 245 per cwt. • SPIRITS.-For Leeward Island the rates asked are Is 4d to Is 5d proof, few buyers are, however, to be met with, but the market is not expected to continue long in a quiet position. The value of East India is Is 3iti to is 4d, few buyers are, how ever , to b e met with. Be merara is less wanted, and more desire is evinced to sell 32 to 40 per cent. over proof at 2s 2il to 2s sd. There is no variation in the value of good and fine Jamaica, still the sales Made have been small; for ordinary and mid dling the market is dull, and prices are on the decline. In' Brandy purchases bare been to a limited extent only, and a further increase is apparent in stocks, whereas deliveries continue to fall o ff. Th e worth of Cognac best brands of the vintage of 1849 is 4s 5d to 4s 7d, 1848 ditto 4s 7d to 4s 9d, and inferior sorts 2s 10d to 4s 6d. Geneva is not much wanted, for shipping sorts the value is is 7d to Is Bd, and fine 2s 3d to 3s 3d. British made Spirit remains the same, and no the is looked for. INDIGO.-11cIders of Ea:t 'nett/ are unable to cbten any advance in prices ; but on tho part of shippers any I the home dealers more desire has been evinced to open • rate, and a fair quantity has hien sold. Spanish has beat in steady demand, and previous rates are well supported. CCCIIINEAL-The supply is very plentiful, and a slight reduction in prices is apparent for inferior and mid sorts, in the value of better kinds there is, however, at present no variation. At auction 250 bags of Hon duras have been offered, and a small proportion found buyers, ord and mid silvers at 3s 7d to 3s 10d, good mid and good 3s Ild to.4s 3d, fine 4s 4d to 4s 6d, blacks, ord 3s 10d, and good 4s 5d to 4s 6d per lb. Qas.-Operstiona in olive oil continue upon a limited TURKEY. The Augsbueg Gdzette has the following from Con-'. l stantinople, 13th ult. :—" On the Gth the Tahire I3achri steamer arrived here from Varna, bringing the following r e f ugees w h o h are embrace d Is lamism:—Bem, Stein, Kin!ty, Grimmi, Zar fisky, Woroniszky, and B dog. The vessel did not stop, but went on immediately for Alexandria, in Syria, from whence the refugees will be tak en to Aleppo. The s t eamer which is to carry the' RussO-Polish refugees to Malta is daily expected. According to accounts from Schumla the illness of Zamoisky, who has had the small-pox, has delayed, her departure. The other refugees belonging to, Austria Will, for the preent, remain at Schumla until the Porte and the Austrian Government have come to a decision with regard to them." INGE.--(THIS DAY.) Gibraitar;•••.••••••••• Leghorn 30 is Genoa .• ••••••• •• • • *1 26 15. Milan ...... • . Venice • ...1 • • ...; -- Naples • • 40% talermo, pe505........ 121% Messina ••• . .. 122% Lisbon.... • • .......... 63% 0p0rt0............... 63% Rio' Janeiro . .• ......... Buenos Ayres .. New York; 21 days'aliglit Philsdelphla ..... • .... •-•.• IMLICX3 OP BIILLION, PPE OZ. rorelgn Geld in bars 43 11 9 Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 Spanish Doubloons! .. 0 0 0 New Dollar, •0 4 10% Silver la bars 0 4 11% THE LONDON GAZETTE. tThis article Is substituted for the one which appeared "in the Gazette of Tuesday last.] BOARD OF GREEN CLOTH, ST. JAMES'S PALACE, MARCH 22, MO. The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Most Honourable the Marquis of Westminster Lord Steward of her Majesty's Household, vi ce th e Bi g h t H onoura bl e Earl ,Fortvieue resined g . , the Court did not think fit to commit the prisoner on Ordnance Hospitals; Senior Surgeon James Stewart to the first case. be Inspector •General of ihe Ordnance Medical Depart- Mr. Alderman Ginns sa id h e was i n a pos i t i on t o ment; Senior Surgeon Jam es V er li ng , M . D ., to be puty Inspector-Gene r al, v i ce Th omas, De commit the prisoner f o r s t ea li ng a pi ece o f paper, who retires; sAs namely, the first che que ; b u t th ere appeare d now to istant-Surgecn J o h n M ac ki ntos h , M . P . to b e Surgeon; be evidence of th e p r i soner h av i ng b een i n wrong f u l Assistant-Surgeon G eorge Th omas F err i s, to be Sur possession of a second che q u e , a nd h e p re f erre d t o geon; Temorar • Assistant-Surgeon Arthur Rud ge ' to remand him on that case. be Assistant-Surgeon; Tempo rar y A ss i stant -S urgeon Thomas Park, to be Assistant-Surgeon. Mr. Bodkin repeated that his client was quite pre- Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Durham. pared to meet any case, and he had no objection to The Honourable Frederick Gustavus Hamilton Rus the remand, sell to be Deputy Lieutenant, Merck 26. The prisoner was accordingly further remanded Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire. till this day week, with the understanding that he Royal Carmarthenshire Fusiliers—George Watkin would be then further remanded. Rice, Esq., to be Major; First Lieutenant Rice Price Beynon to be Captain; First Lieutenant Morgan Pryse Lloyd to be Captain ; S econ d Lieutenant Frederick Ross Cowell to be First Lieutenant; Second Lieutenant James Lewis Thomas to be First Lieutenant; William George, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant ; Frank Alexander Stackpoole, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, Feb. 26. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Norfolk. Ist or Western Regiment of Norfolk Militia—Henry Drummond Wolff, Gent. to be :Lieutenant, vice Bean, deceased, March 19. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Suffolk. Suffolk Yeomanry Cavalry—Melford Troop— Nathaniel Clerk(' Barnadiston, Efq., to be Carat', vice Thomas ILillifax the younger, Esq., deceased. March 27. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Oxfordshire. Queen's' Own Regiment of Oxfordshire Yeomanry Cavalry—Lieutenant Philip Thomas Herbert Wykebarr, •,o be Captain, vice Viscount Parker, resigned, March 30. BANKRUPTS. scale for all purposes, and prices have still a downward tendency—Gallipoli is offered at 471 to 481, Barbary, Levant and Portugal at 44/ lOs to 45110 s per tun, still no fall of moment is expected to take place. For cocoa nut there is not a brisker sale, sellers are willing to accept for good and fine Ceylon 32s to 335, and Cochin 33s to 34s per cwt; there are still several parcels on offer. Palm has been purchased with caution, prices are dropping and rule at 31s to 31s 6d for fine quality. The market for Linseed Oil has assumed a quiet aspect, and both shippers and home dealers have operated with caution, prices have declined to 32s 3d to 32s 6d on the spot. There are sellers for de livery at 32s 6d to 33a, but few buyers are to be met with, and the market is more plentifully supplied with Oil. A. much better demand has been experienced for Rape Seed Oil, and the chief portion on off,r found buyers —Foreign pale 40s to 40a 6d, brown 395, British pale 403 and brown 38s to Cod Oil is held for 341 lOs to 351, but dealers' operate with caution, still there is not a larger stock. Southern is not much wanted for home consumption or exportation, and the value ( f low to fine quality is from 301 to 33/. Seal met with little attention, and prices are drooping, pale aching at 36/ to 37/, and straw and tinged 32l to 354 yellow and brown 30/ to 32/. Sperm Oil is cheaper, and not much business has been concluded, for fine Colonial the rates acceded to have been 801 to 81/. Headmatter is wanted, and higher terms are paid, as the supply is small, sales of fine have been made at 881 to 891 per ton. TALLow.—Although there are sellers of Russian on the spot at moderate rates, :yet on the part of town or country dealers not much desire has been evinced to operate. P. Y. Candle is 36s 6d to 37s per cwt for fine quality. Operations are upon a limit-d scale the last three months of the year, although sellers are willing to accept 38s. Home melted has been operated in with cau tion, and 36s to 37s is the value nett cash; there is also no decrease in the supply. Other sorts of Tallow have declined in value, still a good business h.s been concluded. At auction 700 pkgs of South American were nearly all sold at from 32s 9d to 363 for low to flue, Grease 30a to 305 6d, and 400 casks New South Wales at 33s 6d to 36s 3d fur low to fine tallow. Prices are 3s to 4s per ovvt low( r than last year, but deliveries keep smaller, and the stock is much larger than at that time. AY EVENING, APRIL 2, 1850. WHITEHALL, AnuL 2. The Queen has been pleased to present the Reverend William Thomson, M.A., to the rectory of Fobbing, in the county of Essen and diocefe of Rochester, void by the death of The Reverend Henry Thompson. WAR-OFFICE, Marten 29. 14th Regiment. of Light Dragoons—Cornet Mitheel Came Smith (Ritlingmaster) to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Nettleship, wpo retiree, April 2. - 15th _Light Dra goons—Lieutenant Charles Joseph Harford, from the 82d Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Hut ton; who exchanges, April 2. Lieute 16 t h Light Dragoons—C ornet David, Barclay to be nant, by purchase,- vice Lock-hart Stott, who re tires; Cornet Ftancis Benjamin Hallowell Carew, from the 10th See g t Light Dragoons, to be Corn e t, v i ce Barclay; Major John Don to be C ornet, without purchase (Ridingmaster), vice Risbee, dece ased, April 2. ant - 12th Regiment of Foot—Major John Maxwell p er _ ceval to be Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Bell, who retires ; C a ptain Thomas Brooke t o b• Major, by purchase, vi ce P erce val ; Lieutenant Remy &grav e to Ensign .be . Calitain; by purchase, vice Brooke; H enry Robson'to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Segra, ve , April 2. 26th Foot--Acting Assistant-Surgeon John Coates, M.D., to be Assist ant -S urgeon, A pr il 2. 36th Foot—Lieutenant John Snodgrass Chalmers has been allowed to retire from the service by the sale of his commission, April 2. 43d Foot—Major-General James Forgusson, C. 8., 'from the 62d Foot, to be Colonel, vice Lieutenaut 'General the. Honourable Sir Hercules Robert Pakenham, K.C.8., deceased, March 26. 53d Foot--„Lieutenant George Newton Fend:ill, from the 80th Foot, to be Lieutenant, ric e J ames Alorphett, cashiered' by the sentence of a General Courtra-artial, April 2. ,• 62d .Foot-Major-General William Smelt, C.D., to' be Colonel; vice Major-General James Fergussott,'Cli., ap pointed to the 43d'FoOt, March 26. • 80th. Foot--Lieutenant Charles Henry Theodore Bru g o.de.Ruvi gnes, f rom t h e fit h F oot, to b e Li eute n ant, !ice Fendall, appointed to 53d Foot, April 2. 82d_ Foot—Lieut enan t James ll N enry: D'Arcy Hut ton; 'en the 15th Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice' Harford, who exchange* April 2. 98. th Foot,—Ensign William Alexander Kerr, from the 59th Foot„ to be Ensign, vice Templeman, deceased, April 2. Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment—Ensign Kenneth Mackenzie bloffult to be -Lieutenant by purchase, vice Peto, who retires; Ensign William Manse! Tayler, from the Ist Weistintlia Regiment, to be Ensign, vice Moffatt, April 2. UN4TTACHED .—LiQutenant George Coolies, from the' 3d Light Dragoons, to be Cgptain, by purchase, April 2. AlEmortArmuat.—Brevet• Major _Barry Fox has been allowed to j etire from the service by l t h h e e sfettler iu Can a d a, sale; s F hi commissioneu ci i e s,ho as h a eit e ir ab ta u i u n t o t il a bleaelofleaYst April 2. • - Errituni in the Gazette of the 22d March, 1850. Gth Dragoons—For Lieutenant Hugh Lynedoch Bar ton,rice Sir fro m t h e " 10th Foot, " to be Lientenant, by Purchßs © , W. C.-nor:head, March 22, 1850, read, Lieu tonaut. Hugh iiknedoeli Barton, from the "Ist Foot," to beLicutenantihby purchase, ex. OFFICE `Ordnance ;OF ORDNANCE, APRIL I. dical Department—Deputy Inspector -1413:04 IliOraitts to be Itoplcor-Genemi of CITY BOARD OF HEALTH The following report of the Committee of Health upon Mr. Simon's report was at the last court ordered to be printed and circulated : "To the Honourable Commissioners of Sewers of the city of London. " We, - whose names are hereunto set, your Com mittee upon Health, to whom on the 21st of November, it was referred to consider the report of the medical officer of health presented to your court on the 6th day of November last, and to report our opinion as to the course to be adopted thereupon, and especially with reference to those matters recommended therein, which do not come within the powers of the commis sioners to carry into execution, do certify that we have from time to time met together and have been attended by the medical officer of health, and having attentively considered the various sections of the said report in the order in which Mr. Simon has treated them, we beg to report upon them in the same order, as follows : " HOUSE DRAINAGE, " Ist. As respects the question of house drainage, we beg to say that we are fully impressed with the great importance of this branch of the works in con nexion with sanitary operations; an importance which your court has also recognised for several years past in the most decided manner, as may be estimated by the large amount of sewerage which has been constructed within the city of London, in order to facilitate the extension and improvement of domestic drainage, and especially since the passing of the new Act of Parliament, by the application of the powers which the Act confers to enforce the drainage of houses, and the supply of water for do mestic and sanitary purposes, in connexion therewith. In furtherance of these views, we have endeavoured to ascertain, as near to the fact as possible, the number of houses within this city which are not drained. There are considerable difficulties in getting at this information, from the very complicated nature of the private drainage of various estates and premises, the work of successive generations of owners and occu piers. We directed your surveyor to inquire into and report to us, which he did as follows : " Gentlemen,—ln pursuance of your instructions I beg to report approximately as to the number of houses within the city of London that are drained. " The number of houses and premises within the City is assumed at 16,300. " The number of outlets of private or service drains, which stand recorded upon the books of this commis sion, as entering the public sewers, up to the 31st,De cember, 1848, is 6,814. " This would appear to give 9,486 houses as un drained at that period ; such, however, is not the case, and for the following reason : " Although many houses have each a distinct and separate drainage, yet such separate drainage is by no means universal. In many instances one drain serves the purposes of two, three, or more houses. In Other instances courts of six or eight houses collect their separate drains into one main drain, which ultimat e ly connects with the public sewer , an d which is recorded in your books but as one drain only. Again, a large portion of the premises south of Thames-street is known to be drained into the river, and are therefore not entered upon your books as entering the sewers at all. " I think, therefore, that the number of houses drained up to the 31st of December, 1848, may be assumed as follows : The number of drains or outlets connecting with the sewers was Ind the number of premises known by the inspector of sewers to be drained by them Adding to this the houses assigned to he drained into the Thames, or otherwise, in manner before stated It leaves as the number of houses drained upon the 31st of December, 1848 ..... Ind the numb er o f h ouses undrained at And as the number of houses drained during the present year (1849) is about The total number of premises drained within the city of London at the present time may be taken at .. 10,386 Leaving of houses undrained " This will not give the number of cesspools which have periodically to be emptied, which at present may be assumed to exist within the city, as in a very large number Of cases one cesspool serves for two houses, and oftentimes for more, and in the poorer courts, where there is a public privy, one cesspool only most frequently exists. " I think that I may safely deduct from the 5,914 houses undrained 500, and that 5,414 may be taken 'as a fair approximation of the number of cesspools at present in existence within the city of London. " The number, however, can only be accurately determined at the termination of the inspector's ex amination of the houses. "' In this number of cesspools, also, I do not in clude those e x i s ti ng upon premises having overflow drains into the sewers. " This mode of construction was formerly very common, although not so much during later years, and entirely introduced since you have had control over internal works. The number of such cesspools, I think, can never be accurately ascertained but by breaking open the drains of those premises that are suspected of having such cesspools—a work which ap pears to me almost superfluous, excepting in special cases, such as complaint of effluvium, &c.; for most of such constructions are in the better class of houses, where they are securely domed over, where the conve niences are securely trapped, and where for the most part they have water-closets and other appliances likely to prevent inconvenience from them. _Vesicles which, most of them having now been in use some years, and it being more than probable that at the date of the construction of the drain they would, I apprehend, upon examination, be generally found to be filled with almost solid residual matter—so solid that they virtually cease to retain any additional sullage which now may be delivered into them. "' It is proper, before I conclude, that I should state the reason why the number of houses within the city drained cannot be more accurately determined. Until the commencement of the present year, the officers of this commission had no power to enter premises for inspection, nor had the commission power to direct the internal drainage of buildings; but their functions were exclusively confined to the sewers and such portions of the drains as lay under , the public thoroughfares. When, therefore, a person applied for a drain to a particular house, the drain was constructed up 'to the front of such house, as required by the applicant, and was so registered in your books ; but as to where the applicant led the drain within his own premises, how he constructed it, what other drainage he con ducted it to, your officers, having no power to con trol or to supervise, could not take account thereof; and of such drainage the commission therefore have no record. "'For the same reason this commission cannot be held accountable for the prevalence of so defective a system as that of leaving unemptied cesspools upon premiets with drains constructed beneath them. (Signed) " WILLIAM HAYWOOD, Surveyor.' "We recommend that your Honourable Court should persevere in calling upon the owners and oc cupiers of property to effect these necessary works with the least possible delay ; but more especially in those neighbourhoods which are exclusively or mainly inhabited by the poor. " THE DISCHARGE OF THE PUBLIC SEWERS. "In reference to the remarks of Mr. Simon, in connexion with this subject, upon the propriety of in tercepting the contents of the public sewers before they reach the Thames ; and, upon his suggestion, that while the various plans for effecting this great object are under consideration, the existing nuisance caused by the overflow of the drainage on the banks of the river, at low water, should be got rid of by the construction of culverts, ao as to convey the sewer water to beyond low water mark— we beg to draw attention to the experiment making by Mr. Moffatt, with your sanction, at the mouth of the sewer in Puddle-dock, which, if successful, as we trust it will be, may prove the first step towards effecting an object which all must desire—the purifi cation of the river Thames, and the systematic adaptation of the sewage manure to agricultural im provement. Meanwhile, we have conferred with the committee fur navigation of the river upon the sub ject of the proposed culverts to the sewers, and they have stated their willingness to co-operate with your honourable court in reporting to the Court of Com mon Council upon the advisability of such a system. Though pending the general inquiry now going on in the Metropolitan Commission of Sewers upon the system of drainage for the whole metropolis, and the question of outfall for the same, we recommend your honourable court not to take.any steps therein, but to await the result of that inquiry, which will proba bly not be very distant. " PUBLIC NUISANCES. " In reference to the public docks mentioned as a source of nuisance to their neighbourhood, we find that they were formed under the provisions of Acts of Parliament of a very distant period, and that it is not in your power, as Commissioners of Sewers, to effect more in connexion with them than to remove all im pediments to the sewage that may drain through them, and to enforce the periodical cleaning of them by the proper authorities—namely, the City 'sleds Committee, as the representatives of owners—the Mayor, commonalty, and citizens of London. These public docks are three in number—Puddle-dock, Whitefriars-dock, and Dowgate-dock ; and we are of opinion that that committee should be requested to exercise a vigilant control over them, so as to pre vent them from being made a nuisance and injury; and we recommend that your honourable court should suggest to the Corporation to obtain authority to fill up these docks, leaving the river frontage to be used as public wharves, as in a sanitary point of view they are extremely objectionable. 0314 7,986 1,500 9,486 6,814 900 ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. A rumour is very current here to-day that Sir Francis Baring, M.P. for the borough, and First Lord of the Admiralty, is about to resign the latter office and be succeeded by Sir James Graham. We give the report only as we have received it. The Sprightly steam-tender, Master -Commander Allen, proceeded to Southampton to-day to embark convicts to transfer to the Blenheim convict-ship, lying in Cowes Roads. - Tile Orestes merchant barque passed the Wight this morning from Bombay and Ascension, and sent on mails and passenger s . Sh e sa il e d from Bombay on the 16th of November, and put in at Ascension on the 7th of February. The Tortoise store and guard-ship, Captain Hutton, was the only man-of•war at the latter island, where provisions were very scarce, as were vegetables. She made the Western Islands on the 6th of March. PLIMOUTP, IVlAacir 30.—Th e Lily, Commander Bedford, arrived from Portsmouth on Thursday. Her crew are to be paid advance here, and she will pro. bably sail on the 2d of April for the East Indies and china, taking the mails to th e coast o f Africa. A considerable fleet of wind-bound merchant vessels are in the Sound. THE ARCTIC EXPEDITION. The Assistance, Captain Erasmus Ommaney, w as taken out of Messrs. Wigram'A shipbuilding yard to day, being now in an a d vance d state . Th e workmen have commenced repl ac i ng t h e eng i nes o f t h e Pioneer, and she will soon be rea d y . A quan ti ty of enals, about thirty tons to each, have been put on board the Resolute and the Assistance at Black wall, as the best article for stowing the hold with under the water tanks. Captain Penny's expedition is in an advanced state, and will be ready to 3xil on the 15th inst., according to letters received from him in town. SCURVY O.IVIf GARD OF TEMPERANCE VESSELS. Sir,—l am desiro us o f giving publicity t o th e fact that past twelve months, I have h a d °cession to rest i more e cases amongst the crews of English ships visiting this port th an d ur i ng an y of tbe p reced i ng five years I have conducted the medical duties of the station. Scurvy is almost exc l us i ve ly con fi ne d to vessels coal laden from Engla n d, and, as you aro we ll aware, several ships have almost been disabled by it, from both officers and men suffering. The worst cases seem invariably in such vessels as do not allow a ration of spirits. . _ _ I would, therefore, most earnestly suggest to char terers and owners of vessels the propriety of allowing a portion of spirits daily, and that the quality of the provisions supplied to the ship be strictly attended to ; also that eleualiness of person and clothes be strictly enfurced. I have the honour to be, Sco.,_ To Captain S. B. (Signed) J. A. VAUGHAN. Runes, Political Agent, Aden. Naval Department, Men, Feb. 26, 1850. Sir,—l take the liberty of t rclosing the copy of a letter from Dr. Vaughan, who has 'oodles' charge of ehe Naval Hospital at Aden. Since the letter was written, two more ship s un d er t emperance rules have entered this port with their crews suffering from scurvy. I have the honour to be, &c., (Signed) S. B. HAINES, Capt. 1.N., and Political Agent. To Captain G. A. Halsted, RN., Secretary, Lloyds. The Betsy, of and for Yarmouth, came into the Roads, with great damage, after striking on Cleeness Sand, and sunk, has been raised and brought in. The Pursuit, Dort% to this port WAS run on siaore. NORTHERN ClRCUlT.—Liverpool, April 1. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Baron ALDER ION.) John Johnstone, aged 53, the actuary of the St. Helen's Savings Bank, and William Johnstone, aged 42, the under-secretary of the same bank, were to-day brought up for judgment on the charge of having conspired together to retain and use the moneys of the depositors of the bank for their own profit, con trary to the Savings Bank Act, to which on Saturday they pleaded Guilty. The ATTORNEY.' GENERAL said there was one fact of which his Lordship ought to be informed, and which did not appear on the depositions, namely, that the younger prisoner had been in his brother's ser vice from the age of 16 until the year 1543, when the younger prisoner succeeded him at the bank as under-secretary, and all the defalcations occurred be fore that plriod. His LORDSHIP, in passing sentence, said, it was distressing to see two persons who had borne excel lent characters, and had moved in a respectable sphere, brought up to receive the sentence of the Court for having committed a misdemeanour. He could not but regret that so many cases of the same kind of breach of duty had recently been discovered, and which had arisen, no doubt, from the common vice of the country—the desire to acquire wealth too qUickly. Tbat inordinate desire to acquire wealth verified the Scripture saying, that "Nobody that hasteneth to be rich will be innocent." It often hap ' pened that the transactions which in the first instance led to frauds of this kind turned out wholly different to what was expected, and the parties were compelled in the end to do that which at the commencement they would have shrunk with horror from. His Lord ship then sentenced each to be imprisoned in Lancaster Castle for six months amongst the first class of mis demeanants. His Loansurr then proceeded to try several corn mon jury causes of no interest. A great number of hands are working on the Nankin, 50 guns, at Chatham; but owing to having all the cabins and internal fittings to put up, she will not be ready before the middle of June. The barque Honor, from Ancona, has arrived al Chatham, with a cargo of timber for the dockyard. A PPOINTMZNT.—John S. Williams, surgeon su perintendent, to the Maria Some:. MALTA, MARCH 22.—The Bulldog, steam-frigate, has left Malta for England. She will touch at Tan giers to receive on board the remainder of some beautiful animals, a present from th e E mperor of Morocco to her ajesty, and which the Rosamond, it was thought, would not be able to take on board. The Odin, steam-frigate, has repaired damages, and will proceed in a f ew d ays to rejo i n Sir Wm. Par ker's fleet at the Piaui's. Her damage from getting ashore was very trifling. MARCH 26.—The French mail-steamer due from the Levant on the 21st inst., in coming down got on shore at the Dardanelles, and it is feared will become a wreck —crew, mails, and groups saved. A portion of the mails was sent to Athens by the Tartarus steamer, and forwarded th ence t o M a l ta b y the Spit fire. No particulars have reached us. The Locust, with the crew of the Ardent, closed mails yesterday, for England, and will leave during the day. The Odin steam-frigate will rejoin the fleet of Sir W. Parker immediately after the arrival of the mail of the 24th inst. The Ganges, 84, has instructions to take up stores and provision for 5,000 men ; no chance exists of the return to Malta of the fleet under two or three months. The court-martial under Sir James Stirling, Knt., has lately condemned Lieutenant D'Aguilar, of the Firebrand steamer, to dismissal from his ship, and to be placed at the bottom of the lists of lieutenants. His offence was assaulting Mr. Taprill, second master of the Firebrand, for interfering to save a young gen tleman from the anger of Mr. D'Aguilar. Mr. D. goes borne by the Locust. PORTSMOUTH, APRIL I.—The Sharpshooter, iron steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Commander J. C. Bailey, went out of harbour this afternoon to Spitbead, shipped her letters, kc., for Commodore Martin's squadron, and sailed this evening for the Mediterra nean station. " THE TRAPPING OF GULLIES AND VENTILATION OF source. Mr. Mylne further intimated to us that if the three days a week high supply at present given to the city be deemed insuf• ficient, a further high service might be afforded du ring three nights in the week, or alternate nights, in accomplishing which no alteration of the time of supply during the day would be made, nor would it require any additional machinery or pipes ; and he also stated that if the New River Company succeed in passing their Bill now in Parliament, they will be enabled to supply to the city of London and their other districts one-fourth more water than at pre sent, which will exceed the quantity recommended in the before-mentioned resolution as proper to be sup plied to the inhabitants of this city. " We having heard Mr. Mylne to this effect, he in timated his desire to report to the directors of the New River Company the result of our conference, and signified that they would no doubt communicate in writing their reply to our resolutions, and we therefore adjourned the consideration of the mat ter. At our next meeting we received the following letter : " ' New River Office, March 14, 1850. " Sir,—l am instructed by the directors of the New River Company to state that, in compliance with the request of the Committee of. Health of the Commissioners of Sewers of the city of London, as expressed in their letter and resolutions of the Ist instant, addressed to Mr. Mylne, the company's engi neer, they instructed Mr. Mylne to attend the meeting of the committee on Monday last, and they hoped that the information which he has given in reference to those resolutions, and the additional inquiries thew made, had been satisfactory. " If, however, the Committee of Health are de• sirous of any further information on any points, and would transmit their wishes in writing to this com pany, the directors will give them their earliest con• sideration. " The directors regret that their engineer, being , engaged with one of the engineers of the Metropo litan sanitary Commission, appointed by the Go vernment, in the inspection of the works of the New River Company (which will occupy the whole day), will be unable to attend the meeting of the Commis sioners of Health to-morrow. 44 FREDERICK STAPLES, Clerk. " Joseph Dave, " We very much regret this unsatisfactory issue of our inquiries with the New River Company, so dif ferent from that which our interviews with Mr. Mylne had led us to hope ; but as Mr. Mylne dis tinctly informed us they cannot for some months make the experiment we have desired, and as the New River Company had also before stated their in ability to render a high-service supply to the city of London generally, we think it most expedient to ter minate our proceedings therein, and no longer delay our report. We therefore recommend to your Honourable Court to adopt as a principle for water supply to the city of London our two first resolu tions already recited. " OFFENSIVE TRADES. " In reference to the 3d section of the report, which treats of offensive and injurious trades, we beg tore mind your Honourable Court that upon your attempt ing to put in force the powers of your Act of Parlia ment in reference thereto, it was found that consider able difficulties were opposed to your efforts. Suffi cient powers are not given by the City of London Sewers Act to meet some of the cases we allude to, while other legal and technical objections presented themselves to the enforcement of the powers in ques tion. In reference to slaughter-houses, and more particularly to under-ground slaughtering, the proceedings which the Court have taken to obtain the opinions of high legal authority on your power to suppress the same, in connexion with your other pro. ceedings to which we have alluded, are evidence tf the desire felt by the Commissioners of Sewers of the city of London to carry out these provisions. And we beg to report that, after considering all these va rious points, we think it very desirable that mea ns should be taken to remove the sanitary evils which belong to intramural slaughtering and other offensive trades, and to point out to you the necessity, when the question of renewing your Act shall come into consideration, of acquiring additional powers, which may enable you effictually to remedy those evils. INTUABILIRAI INTERMENTS. "In tAking up the m4tter3 referred to in the 4th SEWERS. " In reference to the recommendation of the adop tion of a more perfect system of trapping the street gullies, we draw the attention of your honourable court to the circumstance that there does not exist within your jurisdieticn a single gully which is en trapped, and also that the trapping of street gullies as a system was first adopted by this commission about seventeen years ago ; and although the example was followed to some extent by the then existing Metro politan Commi ss i oners of Sewers, yet we blieve we are correct in stating that the city still presents the only metropolitan area throughout which the gullies are uniformly trapped ; and that you have been fully aware of the necessity of perfecting the system is evinced by giving a fair trial to all such traps as have been from time to time submitted to you, and have appeared to possess sufficient merit to justify their being put to a practical test. " With regard to the present mode of ventilation of sewers, we admit, as indeed it has always been ad mitted by your honourable court, that the system is defective ; but -we believe that it is, nevertheless, the best which has been hitherto devised. The ventila tion of sewers is a subject of much difficulty, and, perhaps, a perfect system may be only attainable at a very large outlay, and a considerable future annual charge ; but we have reason to think that the in - creased care and at'ention given of late years to the cleanliness of the sewers has very much diminished the escape of effluvium from the ventilating shafts. This mode of ventilation was likewise first adopted by your honourable court about fourteen years ago, and it was rapidly followed through out the whole metropolis. It is still, we believe, the only mode adopted for the ventilation of sewers; and we fully concur in opinion that a more perfect system of ventilation and trapping is highly to be desired. " WATER SUPPLY. " In reference to the very important question of water supply, which forms the subject of the second section of Mr. Simon's report, we have been in com munication with the New River Company, who, as you are aware, supply almost all th e c i ty o f L ondon with water, and also with the East London Company, who supply a very small portion of the easternmost part of the city. We have had a return made from them, severally, of the nature and extent of that sup ply. [Here follows an account of the quantity sup-. plied by each company, and the manner of supply.] We also directed the surveyor and the medical officer of health to report to us their opinion as to what would be a sufficient supply of water to the houses and premises within this city; and the best principle upon which to effect such supply ; and having atten tively considered the question, we agreed to the fol lowing resolutions, which we directed the clerk to transmit to Mr. Mylne, the engineer of the New River Company : "' That the quantity of w a t er d a il y suppl i ed to the city being, upon an average, for all purposes of con sumption, 25 gallons, and for domestic supply 24 gallons, is sufficient per head per diem, with the pre sent usages of water if properly economised ; but the water companies should be bound to supply 30 gal lons per head per diem, should the anticipated pro spective fair increase of consumption take place. " That it is desirable that a supply, at a pressure sufficient to deliver water at the tops of all the houses, should be gi ven un if ormly throughout the city of London. " ' That application be made to the New River Company for the trial of the system of constant sup ply, at high pressure, upon a particular district within the City of London, for a given period, in order to determine accurately what are the effects of its intro duction as regards waste, and what benefits may practically be derived from it, and that the details of its execution should be carried out under the joint superintence of the surveyor and medical officer of health. " We were subsequently attended by Mr. Mylne, who expressed his opinion that the New River Com pany cannot at the present time afford the quantity of water necessary to make an experiment of the con stant supply at high pressure to such a district of the city as we proposed, as he anticipates the waste would be so great that with the dry season approach ing the company would not be able to give the neces sary supply to other districts. But he stated that in the month of November next there would be no dif ficulty in rendering the necessary supply for such ex periment. Mr. Mylne informed us that the New River Company had last year tried this experiment in a district north of the Regent's Canal, consisting of three thousand houses, and bad found such result to follow. Mr. Mylne suggested, by way of meeting the difficulties at present experienced in affording the needful supply of pure water to the houses of the poor situate in the courts and alleys where a com mon cock is now only fixed, that capacious iron tanks should be erected in the open court, at a height of about ten feet from the ground, and covered to avoid pollution of the contents, so as to be accessible only to the officers of :the company. He pr o p ose d th at pipes should then be carried through the houses on the ground floor, so that all might have access to a supply thus to be drawn off by spring taps within their houses, and he engaged that, if erected, the tanks should be kept constantly filled. Mr. Mylne expressed to us an opinion that the company might be induced to erect such tanks at their own cost, when required, if your Court would use its power to compel the owners of the property to pay for the supply of water; and, to obviate the objection of the water being thereby polluted, it should be a part of this system that no pipes should be allowed to take water from these tanks for the flushing of privies, but for that purpose water should be laid on from another "The question of applying to Parliament for A renewal of your Act must occupy your attention at the close of the present session ; and as the provisions of the Act, in connexion with some of the subjects on which we have reported, will need to be amended, enlarged, and modified in various ways, as the past year's experience has shown, we feel it right to draAr the attention of your honourable court to the impor tance of taking early steps to carry into effect ti suggestions we have ventured to make, either by re porting to the Court of Common Council, to invite their concurrence in the work of sanitary improve ments, or otherwise as may seem to you beat. - " All which we submit to the judgment of your honourable court." RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, Arun. 1. STOCK EXCHANGE.— The share market has been dull tom day, and the amount of business done was very limited, but prices are almost stationary. The transactions were as follow;--London and Nerth-Western, 105 c. Dittos New Quarters, 13s. 9d.—Ditto, Fifths ls. 3d.—L ancas hire and Yorkshire, Cons o l., 34—Ditto, Fifths, 10% dis.—Men' chestbr, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Preference, 6%—North Union (A), 235—Midland, 38 3 4 c.—Ditto Halves, 261. is. 3d. —York, Newcastle, and Berwick (Extension, Nos. 1 and 2), 12% dis. • MANC [TESTER, APRIL 1. STOCK EXCIIANGR.—The market was very dull to-days and prices were much lower. The transactions were as fo low:—Eastern Counties (Pcrpet. 5 per cent. No. 2). 7 1 %—Lancashire and Yorkshire, Fifths, 10 1 ,E dis.—Ditto (Preston and Wyre), 41 1 ,4—London and North-Western, 101:Y i —Ditto, Manchester and Birmingham (C), Quarters, 1 ,4 c. p—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 1274- - Ditto, Preference 6 34—South-Eastem and Dover, 14U-"' Ditto, Thirds (No. 4), 4%—Ditto, Scrip, 4%. BIRMINGHAM, APRIL 1. STOCK EXCITANGE.—The only transactions to-day were—. Birmingham,Wolverhampton, and Stour Valley,3sh—Sh rew bury and Birmin g h am (A), 8 3 % dis.--Ditto, Preference, 91 —South Staffordshire, 4 1 / 4 dis. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—A. certified Cure of Scrofula by Holloway's Ointment and Pills..-The following certificate from Mr- Alcorn, of Jerry's Plains, New South Wales, was forwarded to Professor Holloway by Mr. Pinkey, chemist, of the same place. " This is to certify that my daughter, aged seven years, was Aided with scrofula for three years, and that, after she had been attended by several respectable practitioners, without success, I was induced to try Holloway's Ointment and Pills, which remedies in about three m•ntks completely cured her, and she is now in the best of health. This can be verified by various persons in this s vicinity, where I have resided for twenty-two years. (Signed) R. Alcorn. Jan. 1, 1849.' 1 Sold by all Druggists, and at Professor Holloway's Establish ment, 244, Strand, London. ' BIRTHS. - On the Ist inst., at Kilburn cottage, Kilburn, Mrs. Thomas Earwaker, of a son. On the 28th tilt., at Stamford-hill, Mrs. F. W. Brind, of a daughter. On the 28th ult., Mrs. William Manby, of Wolverhamp ton, of a son. On the 28th ult., the wife of the Rev. Dr. Welldon, master of Tunbridge School, of a son. On the 30th ult., in Old Bond-street, the wife of Lieut.-- Colonel Blake, b3d Regiment, of a daughter. On the 30th ult., in St. Mary's-road, Canonbury, Mrs. E. C. Dertner, of a daughter. On the 25th of January last, at Colombo, Ceylon, the wife of the Rev. J. D. Palm, of a son. MARRIED. At Kendal, on the 26th ult., John Charles, third son of T. Litchfield, Esq., of Twickenham, to Agnes, eldest dangh ter of W. Bainbridge, Esq., of Newlands, Kendal, West moreland. On the 28th ult., at St. George's, Ramsgate, John, third son of the late Mr. 'l'. Turner, of I Vingham, Kent, to Sarah Ann, second daughter of Mr. C. Drayson, of Faversham, Kent. Also, John Wiiliam, son of the late Mr. W. Bellamy, of East-hill, Wandsworth, to Charlotte Ellen, fourth daugh ter of Mr. C. Drayson, of Faversham. On the 28th ult., at Christ Church, St. Pancras, Mr. li. Garrod, of Albert-street, Regent's -park, to Charlotte Eliza beth, only daughter of the late Charles Bert-, Esq., of Tiver ton, Devon. DIED. On the 20th tilt., at Gravesend, Mr. Thomas Stanley, of Ventnor, Isle of Wight, aged 36. At Michell-hill, Truro, Cornwall, on the 26th ult., Ann, the wife of R. Michell, Esq.. aged O. tin the 27th lilt , at Springfield, Wandsworth-common, Jane, tTife of Dr. 1-1. W. Diamond. On the 2Sth ult., at Claremont Cottagee,Emily Frances, the Wife of Mr. 11. Franks, aged 21. On the '2Bth ult., in Bolton-street, Piccadilly, Edmund C. Bartrum, Esq. At Bath, on the 29th ult., Mary, eldest daughter of J. T. O'Brien, Esq. On the 29th ult., in Claremont-place, Brixton, Mr, John Partridge, of Chancery-lane, aged 81. On the 31st ult., in Alfred-place, Mr. B. Watkins. London; Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, of No. 112, St,cand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 112, strand, in rim Precinct of the Savoy, in the county of aildltaz, Tuesday, April 2, 1850. section, we agree unanimously to report to your ho nourable court,- that in our judgment all intra nural interments within grave-yards or within vaults should be discontinues?, an opinion in which your past pro ceedings have materially proved that you concur. We would add that it is right that attention be called to the necessity of having one uniform law in this re• spect throughout the metropolis, otherwise the evils resulting from such interments would only be removed from one locality to another. As we find the atten tion of Government and the Legislature is called to this matter, we do not think it necessary that your honourable court should at present take any further steps therein. " STATE OF ThE DWELLINGS OF THE POOL " Upon the vast and difficult questions referred to in the sth section of Mr. Simon's report, we feel that we are to some extent spared the necessity of entering, the Court of Common Council having (as it belongs to them in reference to this city) taken up the ques tions connected with the filthy and bad conditions of the houses of the poor in many of the confined courts and alleys of London, and the best means of remedying the alarming evils that result there from. We feel it due to Mr. Simon to add from the result of personal investigation, that the statements contained in his report under this section are not ex aggerated. The very filthy habits of some of the lowest portions of the community, which we have had opportunities of witnessing, are such that it becomes en exceedingly difficult question to deal with them. Already, under your directions, in many of these localities various works have been effected, calculated to improve materially the condition and to increase the comforts of the inhabitants; and yet ex• perience has shown that they, have been far from ap preciating these improvements. We do not mean to say that this is so in all cases; and we can only hope that the Court of Common Council will not cease from their efforts to improve the conditions of the localities in question, by widening the avenues and admitting more freely the light and air to these homes of poverty. The erection of lodging -houses for the poor upon an improved plan, of public baths and of wash-houses, are among the questions of serious inv. portance connected with this subject. But, however desirable it may be deemed that these propositions should be carried oat, yet we do not. consider that that they come within the objects for which the rates under your authority are raised. We cannot pass the subject, however, without recording our opinion that the operation of the window•tax is directly .1 opposed to the sanitary interests of the population of the city, and that its continuance must in a great de gree neutralize the effect of those exertions which your honourable court is making for the purposes of sanitary improvement. We find that it affords in ducements to the construction of houses with de fective supply of light and air, that it opposes great obstacles to the improvement of such houses as have already been constructed on a faulty principle, and that these circumstances tend to aggravate the fre quency and malignity of epidemic diseases, and to in• crease the mortality of the population. " CARRYING OUT OF A SANITARY SYSTEM. " We have taken into consideration the various sug gestions which have been made by the medical officer of health, for the more effectually obtaining that extent of information necessary far the duly carrying out of a system of a sanitary improvement within thts city. We consider it is quite indispensable that any committee on health which may be appointed should receive the largest and most accurate returns that can he procured of all sickness occurring among the poorer classes, and particularly in respect of all epidemic, endemic, and infectious disorders. That the medical practitioner who communicates the fact of illness should likewise report the existence of any local causes, or other influences of general operation, which have tended to produce, or are tend ing to continue such illness; and having ,duly weighed the various considerations connected with this subject, and your past proceedings therein, and believing that it would not be judicious to appoint eleven medical officers, or any additional medical staff to be attached to your court, but at the same time deeming it necessary that the information asked for in Mr. Simon's report should be obtained, we re commend that your honourable court empower Mr. Simon to obtain such information at an aggregate annual expense not to exceed 250/. "We have also taken into consideration the Ist suggestion in Mr. Sirnon's report (page 71)—' That an account should be kept, corrected year by year, of every house in the city, as to the area of the build ings, the number of floors, rooms, and windows-0 to its ventilation, drainage, water supply, and other facilities for cleanliness—as to its method of occupa• tion, and number of inhabitants, And having had $ report from your surveyor upon the matter laid before us, we are of opinion that it is desirable to have in formation in the form prepared under the direction of the surveyor, and that such additional assistance be obtained for that purpose as may be necessary. " lYe have thus endeavoured to give to the leading points contained in Mr. Simon's report our best consideration, and to offer our opinions to your honourable court as to the course to be pursued in reference to them. 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