The Express.
London, England, 1853-06-01 00:00:00

SLIGO.

After the examination of two or three more wit-
nesses, counsel for the petitioner, intimated that the evi-
dence as to intimidation was now closed, and they would
next proceed to establish bribery and treating. It was also
admitted by counsel for the sitting member that Gotbin was
an agent for Mr. Towneley.
The committee then adjourned to this morning.

CITY COMMISSIONERS OF SEWERS.

Yesterday the Commissioners assembled in Guild-
hall for the despatch of business; Mr. Deputy PEACOCK in
the chair.

TEE WOODEN PLYF.MZ NT.

The Brnarrron presented his report upon the subject of
renewing the w en pavement in Gracechurch-street, an
object Which the inhabitants of that :street showed they
were extremely desirous to accomplish, by presenting a
most numerously signed petition upon the subject.
The report stated that the expense of repairing the
locality described in the petition would amount to the
sum of 892/. while that of repairing with stone would not
exceed 113/., and the committee recommended that the
street should be paved with wood provided the inhabitants
would pay the sum of 327/. in aid of the expenditure.
The report was agreed to by the court.

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The following report from Dr. Letherby, M. 8., was
mad:

"Te the Hon.

iitionere of Sewers of the City of
Loodos."

Gentlemen,—l have the honour to report that I have
made about 220 experiments during the peat quarter on the
illuminating power of the gar supplied by the Great Central
Gas Consumes' Company to the City of London, and that
the following are the results : When the gas has been burnt
according to the directions of the act of parliament. it has
had a mean intensity of 12.5 sperm candles, or of 14.3 wax,
each consuming 120 grains per hour—from which it is
manifest that the illuminating power of the pas has been
about 20 per cont. greater than that required by the act of
parliament. I have also directed my attention to
the relative intensity of the light emitted from the
betswing and eockspur burner,. Each of these
burners was supplied with gas at the rate of four cubic
rfeet per hour, and the former gave a light equal to that of
9.2eperm,!or of 10.6 wax ; while the latter furnished a
Mina which had a luminosity of 5.75 sperm, or of 8.6 wax.
There is therefore a difference of from 38 to 39 per cent.
in favour of the former. The chemical quality of the gas
has been of an average description. Now and then it has
contained trues of sulphuretted hydrogen, which have been
removed on my mentioning the fact. I have before stated
that it would be desirable to adopt some means in the more
complete purification of coal gas from sulphur compounds.
At the present time one or more of these compounds are to
be found In all the gas supplied to the metropolis ; end I
believe that they are the cause of incalculable mischief.—l
have the honour to remain, your obdt. servant,
" H. ILNIEMBY, M.B.
" London Hospital, May 11,1853."
Ordered to be printed and a copy meat to each of the gas
companies.
GREAT NNTROPOLITAN AND CITY OZWEILAON.

TheEitatitiiiritetatitit;t each of iheTnie;ii;;;.of the
court having been furnished with a copy of the important
report, jointly made by Mr. Belgasette, the surveyor of the
Metropolitan Commissioners, and Mr. Heywood, the sur-
veyor ofthe City Commissioners of Sewers, he trusted that
they would all look with peculiar oare into the many ques-
tions involved.