The Express.
London, England, 1853-12-07 00:00:00

CITY COMMISSION OF SEIVERS.

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Yesterday a court was held ; Deputy PEACOCK in
the chair.

LONDON OAS IXPEWININTS.
Mr. DAW (the Chief Clerk to the Commission) read a
letter from Doctor Letheby, upon the subject of the last
report he made relative to the gas used in the City of Lon- I
don. Dr. Listheby, after referring to the' controversy
which bad taken place, said—l made choice of the even-
ings of the 4th, the Bth, and the 12th of November, end I
devoted considerable time to the elimination of the illu-
minating power of the gas supplied by the following com-
panies—namely, the City, the Chartered, and the Great
Central. In each case the gas was taken from the mains
between the hours of 6 and 9 p.m., and consequently it was
a fair sample of the material actually furniahed to the con-
sumer. The gas was burnt according to the act of parlia-
ment directions, and it was tested with the same photometer
and the same candle. _

—Therfoil.7).ringt;ile shows the molts, u estimated on
sperm candles of 120 grain. per hour :
Nov. 4. Nov. 8. Nov. 12. Average.
City
Chartered '
Great Central 13.7 .... 15.0 .... 14.0 14.2

From this it will be seen that the illuminating power of
the City gas rose considerably on the very day after the
publication of the letter of Mr. Gray of that company ;
and that it roes still higher in the course of the following
days. It will al►o be manifest that the quality of the gas
was much below that of the Chartered and Great Central.
In my report of the 11th inst , I stated that the average
illuminating powers of the Chartered and Great Central
gases were 13 and 13 34 respectively. These numbers refer
not to the quality of the gas during the week of controversy
when each of them was above its normal value, but to the
quality of the gas awing a period of three months. I be•
lieu that I have now furnished you with all the particulars
which you require, and I have only I. add that as I am
most anxious not to be drawn from the path of duty, or in-
voiced in any private correspondence or even public con-
troversy wit► the rival gas companies of this metropolis ;
but merely wish to furnish your hooourable court with
what I behave to be correct information on this important
point, I beg that if this letter is not required by your Hon-
ourable Commissioners to be read at their next meeting, it
shall not be communicated to the City or to any other gu

company whatever. •
The =anthem expressed their high approbation of the
letter of Dr. 4etheby, and declared that it would be ex-
ceedingly inconvenient and unwarrantable to subject that
gentleman to applications of the nature to which he al-
luded.
Mr. CHRISTIE thought the application a reasonable one
under the circumstances. .

The I was then ordered to be entered ea the journals
of the Court.

CIIIIIITERY !OIL Tlili CITY.
The report of the committee upon the Cemetery for the
City of London wu laid before the Court. It mom-
mended that 200 acres of ground be purokued for the con-
streetioe of the mentery, at an agreed price of 26,0001.,
the Medical Offlosz of Health and Hr. Haywood, the en-
gineer and sumer of the commission, having approved of
the wail and capabilities of draining, Ike., of the ground.
The report was agrvcd to, and it was erdered that the
ground should be forthwith conveyed to the coannaissionen.