The Express.
London, England, 1864-10-26 00:00:00

CITY COURT OP SEWERS.

At a meeting of the Commissioners of Sewers
held yesterday, presided over by Mr. Deputy Ds JAMS;
Mr. Chaplin moved • resolution to the effect that it
should be referred to the 'penal pa committee to oorfer
with the ps companies supplying the City of Loodon, with
• view to obtaining a redaction in the nice of pa to that
which was charged by them from the passim of the Great
Central Gas Company's Act in 1851, until the year 1860 ;
mid in the event of the committee failing in that object, to
mender and report as to the advisability of splaying to
parliament for powers to obtain • radio:4.lmi in tin price ;
and further to secure to the moaner of Loodoa the ad-
vantages ii respect of gas supply they formerly poreemed,
and any other powers which may be generally beneficial to
the ratepayers and pa *Drummers of the City.
This motioc led to some divenasioo, which ma followed
by an amendment by Mr. Deputy Farrar, which was that
so much of the motion after the words, " Until the year
1860," be struck out.
The amendment, however, was eventually lost, sod the
original motion, as given above, was carried.
Dr. LITHZET, the medical officer for the City, reported of
the state of 275 bosses that had bees imported during the
week, sad he submitted a list of 53 places foe sanitary im-
provement. lie also submitted to the court omtthostes of
the overcrowded state of four houses in the eastern diviaioa
of the City, sad recommended that the neremary steps
should be taken for having them registered aa commoo
lodging-houses.
The markets and slaughter-homes had been duly in-
spected during the week, and the °Moen had condemned
2,371 joints of meat as mkt for human food. Most of it
was diseased, and comiated of ‘l4 sheep, 28 ipip, sad 12
quarters of beef.
Fifty-two births and 50 deaths were registered in the
week, the number of deaths being close to the average for
the oorreopooding week of the last nine yean ; 20 of the
deaths were smoeg children of less than live years of age,
sod 13 among permits of sixty and upwards. There were 8
deaths from scarlet fever during the week ; bat with this
exception the Marna did not iodinate an unsatisfactory state
of the public health.
With regard to the amply of gas to this City, Dr.
Letheby stated that the average illuminating power of the
City Company's gas had bees equal to 13'67 standard sperm
candles, that of the Chartered 1214 candles, sod that of the
Great Central to 13'4 L The =oast of sulphur in the pa we.
not excessive. except in the case of the Great Central Co/e-
-poxy's gas, where the amount of sulphur ranged from 22
grains to 26 per 1® cubic feet ; the average being 2015
grains, and in the City Company's 19'6 pans. The average
pressure of each company's pm was about one inch sad •
third of water.
The report was received, sad the recommendation acted
apes.

THE HEALTH OP LONDON.

From the return issued by authority of the Re-
gistrar-General, it appeared that in the went that wiled on
Saturday the deaths of 1,336 person were registered in
London. The averse number of deaths is corresponding
weeks of ten years, 1854.63, wu 1,080, sad if a correction
is made for inseam of popelatiso, it becomes 1,188. It
appears, therefore, that the deaths exceeded the average
number by 147. Fkoriatina is the most fatal disease in the
symotic clam ; it caused 100 deaths, 94 of which wen those
children. Six deaths front this disease occurred in the
sub-district of St. John, Westminster, and 5 in the sub-
district of Si. Peter, Walworth. Nine deaths were cowed
by diphtheria. Typhus wee fatal to 79 persons.
Suall-pcm exhibits a low mortality ; only 5 deaths
from this dies.. were noordol. hey corrected
average number being 13. Thirty-eight children
died from measles, sad 27 from whooping-G:l44h. 13roadiitle
was fatal is 106 oases, 119 possess died from poeueturcia
139 from 'dahlia and 33 from other diseases of the respira-
tory wgaos, Disease of the Wert tensed 55 death. Ow
hundred and forty-two person died from divans of the
brain and nervous system. Four deaths from delirium be-
mires were registered, and ow death was °lmagined by in-
temperance. Thirty-five deaths occurred from accidents.
Seven persons were killed by vehieles is the streets. Two
children and 2 adults wen blamed. Five persons were suf-
focated, and 4 person were drowsed. A labourer, aged 61
roan, died is the workboxes', Whitschapal, from sallow
tion, mused by • piece et beef lodging in the windpipe. A
painter, aged 29 years, committed suicide by taking sink
acid. Four weagesorisas died dories the week.
lon week the births of 997 boys sad 989 girls, in all 1,964
children, were reginered is LoWoa. In the tea correspond-
ing weeks of the years 1854.63 the avenge number few
reeled) was 1,895.

DIDIOLITION OF TEE GRRAT EXHIBITION BiTlLD-
lNG.—Yeaterday attOtDooll, at half pest three the
deinolitioa by gunpowder of the remaiaiag pontos.of the
Great Exhibitsoa Building was proceeded with by the
Corps of Royal Fashion from Chatham. There were pro
seat se the occonion General Sir J. Burgoyne, Colonel
Lovell, °Mout Scott, Posts (the designer of tba
structure), Oaptain Kno, sod • staff of the Sappers sad
Miners under Colour-liargsuat Caen, Professor Donaldsoa,
Sir J. Dosiddsoa, and • large somber of ineatific geatienien,
together with a coesidenble crowd of sightseers, both within
and without the rains of the drachm. The engineering
operation had been completed daring the day for the per-
pose of displacing the two tower@ that poppirtad the
great dome. The height of each tower averaged
70 feet by 40 feet square, the weight being 1,200 toes,
the thickness of the walla being aa average of from three
to four feet, the superficial area of the towers being about
40 feet square. la order to dislodge this mass of masonry
the amount of charge applied was proportioned la the
amount at 112 lbs. of gunpowder to each tower ' • and, ia
accordance with this arrangement, precisely at hull-pd
three the signal to bra the battery at some fifty yards dis-
tance from the structure to be demolished wee gives (the
range in front of the road having been cleared by a strong
force of the L division), when Budded', with asarcely any
audible report, one half, but on half only, of the tower
rolled over with a loud crash into the Exhibition.road, leav-
iug the other half of the tower standing West. Is the
course of an hour the debris was removed from the road. It
was then determined that DO further openness should take
plain in concern= with the removal of the other half of
the tower. A consultation took place amongst the eart•
beers with Sir J. Burgoyne, and it wu determined that
should tbs structure not Gill of its own accord before morn-
ing, the engineers should " shove" it over by leversge, or
by a further additional charge this moraine.
NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY EXTENSIONS.—We
have reason to believe that it is the intention of the direc-
tors of the Nortx Eastern Railway to apply to parliament
for powers to make a ceatml railway stenos at Leeds, a
junction with the Great Northern, and a main line of rail-
way from Church Fenton ; sad, amongst other Yorkshire
project', a line from Ginnie to Pickering, an extespico to
Loftliouso in the Cleveland district, and • branch to Best
Noviciate. We understand that the company will likewise
sea purees to shorten the route between Newcastle and
the south by connoting the new Team Valley line with
the Bishop Auckland has, and continue the latter by a
breach to the Broomaide cutting. It is also intended to
make a share side line of railway by the banks of the Tyae
flan Gateshead, by way of Niue Maio and Jarrow, to
South Shields—Leeds Mercury.
THZ A.UlrrliuAlc PRDISTITAN, MARGARET
DOTlGLAB.—Margaret Douglas, whose mains( powers were
the subject of so mach comment ia London some tune ago,
has undertaken to walk 1,000 lONS is 1.000 coseecative
hours, at Liverpool. She loosen her march yesterday moot-
ing at the American Opera Roue, and soosoplished the
first mile in 12) minutes. She sleeps or ruts at the end of
each mile. She is a diminutive old woman, but her wiry-
frame gives promise of great powers of madames.
la°[kiffiertisemout. ]—HOLLOPaY's Ofirrmairr AND
Pmts.—Universal Patronage.—Let all sufferers from general or
local dhows take heart and follow in the wake of thousands
who math, their restoration of health to the use of these noble
remedies. Ithetuhatisni In the muscles or Johite4tc=y=
ne tualgle teeters, cramp', sad rpaemodie t
under the employment of Holloway's Olatateat sad
alia. Bad W tads of Ware sarea, amide berme. Fm!
plea, cutaneous lailanmeatices, sad dreaded swabs' are beet
met with. and quickest conquared by, this Oatmeal, which
happily ambler haradaseese with *Samar_ The reattaara
Holloway's Otataseat sad Ms have acquired lirreugheat the
habitable globe should induce every afflicted person to give
that a trial before &spacing a PAP er abandoning here.
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