The Express.
London, England, 1847-12-18 00:00:00

Mr. RIDOWLY DrOMlded the resolution, which was carried
unanimous y.
Mr. Hoeg this awed the alma residatiou
Siesetes animas emaliele tee 'Mews rod W
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grew, LAI ,
Mr. ELLsament aseseded the resolution, which was
carried.

Mr—. °Lunn' mond:
neat *is reseed' with meeh maracas*, inesieenteat
els unary sesien by Inelialmers gorenement, nal the lota.
Waal on lea el a ow Umaintealsd °am-
nion= sewers arab and Ms madang pledgee itself
to ampere the grupeneent nu made by It tepees • woad
aidDr"..Crivenn=meeaera
a resolution.
Mr. ABassua sapported the resolution. He was well
acquainted with every part of Weotm neer, where the num-
ber of poor had been accumulating for maay years, and long
aft-rthere hadoeued to be any accommodation for them. The
lower part of Westminster, which he might well call the
lower part, as it was considerably under the level of high
water mark, was undrained, There were in that locality
about three hundred lodginghousee, containing from 6 to
8 and 10 rooms each, and it was not unfrequent for 12 or 14
persons to sleep together at 2d. per night in one of these
small room,' while poor people slept on the stairs for one
penny. In those houses there were no drains or accommo-
(laden for washing, and nothing was done fur the sake of

decency.
The resolution haying been carried, thanks were voted to
the chairman on the motion of the Rev. Mr. Luaignan ;
and the chairman having hr;efiy acknowledged the oompli.
went, the meeting separated.

METROPOLITAN COMMISSION OF SEWERS.—The
first general meeting of the Metropolitan Commission of
Sewers, appointed under the authority of the Greet Seal, in
pursuance of the recommendations of the Metropolitan Sani-
tary Commissioners, wu held enThu rsday , in Committee-room
No. 8, House of Commons, for the transaction of the joint
business of the late courts of sewers. Present—The Right
Hon. Lord Morpetb, M.P. (in the their), Lord Ashley,
M.P., H. A Blaney, Esq., M.P., Sir E. Buxton' M.P., the
Hon. F. Byng, J. Buller, Esq., Dr. Southwood Smith, J.
Bidwell, Esq., J. Walter, Esq., M.P., E. Chadwick, Req.,
J. Leslie, Esq., Professor Owen, W. Hutton, Esq., Rev.
W. Stone, W. J. Broderip, Exj., R. L. Jones, Esq., and W.
Puckle, Esq. After some formal business the following re-
solutions for the guidance of the commission were agreed to:
That the serethers be emoted to take imeedithe meeteree kr the
flushing stheednistd the sewers eed, MME af the
the iset lastman with the meth%
alleys onsrliliol Meets NM =Xi
the poorer deem TIM betide mime Ow tenter be
to Glade eYlgwel emplim et weir hem the wets eienosaise, sad
to maw tap addltiongeedstmes mid lableirmS Sig Ise tilt further
orders That they be negespeed le en en the seam entered into in
regent to elethleg wefts trim the lemeel ether districts. Tnat a
comealte mesesfag et the thistring ilaiatilearre be authorised
to all the mete with Lthemetin, end to communicate
wlsl the keel bowie hawks duces el works at paving
end th
eme
sad lathe air esepostlon to massed at
OP SIM gm with weeks the metre die, vis. :
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lin Ibis, Ng Or lair. W. Moak That theXr. serveyeeLeithe be
seam!seth we sew he propos as are el immedine sod
=ii=eles will est require le be sedge% end eatsy-ttan of sworeml *Wm worked
b 7 mar
ainVit meter, and as may be
be geoneded with
beim et • petal eurrey. That la xenon to works
now la mere= ere tecenaletent white erten et mums and
dais tang by vemlated supplies*/ water, or width mg net be
esildimerled en without a enemy, the surveyor's's aederel,t=
direellmehelenag them smirk sod oColith,P of 800
whisk lialdine with the patella Mae laillealiallely saga geld. lbw
Me now appointed be Wrested te make se inmate
report weeks kr white aseirmle lave been mewed the.
TIM the estvemes mestier brand& se to the erneetng
tap ef say epee tomes et litho width *ppm to be
dews= le paths heaths end they reposkthementhme.
dialtig, TIM agelludaa be ferdbili7 mode to bar
lewd el nin=e is limit • meth ler the district on the r
*Me el the army Teseetly
the!of
ether Imes In Laseeddre end naltstU"= err Higallis4l%"dle
Beim and Yr. Chedwit be siellnelesd report retheetles the M.
swam ed eath portlegiers la die warm es WA Meet it he the
regeleemelselthe mils aerate; sad that end Mr. Magid
lanshest7mes be depend te EMIG the emnfaiero for the City
el Lenin lej les
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eth. to seethe or t folioed= iekeseere
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Mr. Mr. Laths, Mr. Bidwell,
Mr. Bradarlp, had 14. ar
The Court was then adjourned.
TOWER HAMLETS SEWERS' CoMMlSSlON.—Yester-
day, at a meeting of the rate-payers of Hackney, in vestry,
the Rev. T. 0. Goodchild, rector, in the chair, Mr. Charles
Green, after a few facetious observations on the defunct
sewers' commissions' submitted the following resolution,
which was received with much laughter and applause:
" That this meeting of inhabitants of Hackney heartily re-
joice at the death of the sewer commission for the Tower
Hamlets. from whose bad management and inefficiency they
have suffered so severely, and beg cordially is thank her
Majesty's government fur becoming the executioners of a
body which, had only justice been awarded to it, would
have been executed many yeArs ago .' Mr. Dennis seconded
the resolution ; and Mr. 1. V . Green and others congratulated
the parishioners en the change of sewer management.
INQUESTS, YESTERDAY.—BURNED TO DEATH.—
Before Mr.Wakley, at University College Hospital, on John
Gerinn, who died there on Tuesday night last. The de-
ceased, who was • captain in the merchant service, and who I,
was subject to epileptic fits, was found in his apartment on
Tuesday evening last dreadfully burned, and is supposed to
have set himself on fire while in a fit; the bedclothes, as
well as the carpet, being also much burned. Verdict, " As.
cidentally burned."—Suicuth room Gnier.—Befons Mr.
Wakley, at the Laurie Arms, Sbouldham-street, St. Mary-
lebone, on the bodies of Lewis and Elizabeth Gutteridge,
aged 76 and 78 year,. By the evidence of a very intelligent
child, who lived in the same house with the demathd It
appeared that at 4 o'clock in the afternoon of Tuesday last
the old couple were found In their apartmeot at 71, Craw-
. ford-street, the woman lying dead on the bed, and the old
man hanging by the neck at the bed-post, also dead. It
was clearly proved by the medical testimony teat the woman
died of acirrhua of the colon, extensive disease being present,
and it was conjectured that the husband hung himself from
grief at the lose of his wife. Verdict, in the case of the
woman, " Died front natural disease ;" in the case of the
man, " Snicide by hanging, state of mind unknown."

IRELAND.

Dosant, Thro. 16.
The Roman Catholic prelates, it, is reported, are
deeply dissatisfied with the neglect of the government
to their memorial. A disarming act has been passed,
but no means of employment or popular maintenance
provided, as had been urged by their lordships. In
consequence, it is rumoured that a number. of the
prelates will go over to London on the re-assembling
of parliament, and renew their remonstrance to the
government. If the public feeling of England should
prove adverse to their suggestion, they will, in that
event. address the Irish people on the course they
should pursue. Matters may prove more embarrass-
ing than ministers may contemplate.
The pressure of the poor rate has fallen
clergy.
with over-
' whelming force on the Protestant r 111 as
others have fared, they are almost reduced to beg-
cary ;in truth, the incomes of many—more espe-
ially the smaller incumbents—are purely nominal.
In all cases where the poor rate rises to 10s. in the
pound the clergyman has nothing. This really piti-
able condition of the clergy is beginning to attract
the attention of the landed proprietors. Several in
the counties of Limerick and Tipperary have agreed
not to subtract the rate in the amount of the rent-
charge. The names of these considerate owners of
property are, the Earl of Courtoun, Sir John Carden,
J. Carden, of Baraane. the O'Grady, Darby O'Grady,'
and Grant of Doves, Eaqrs.
Mr. Dillon Browne has fallen into sad disrepute
with his former co-patriots. At a meeting of the
North Dublin Union, yesterday, Mr. Arkins in a
most collateral discussion, in which the Imperial
Union was hooked on to the poor-law anion, stated
that one of the most disastrous results of the former
win the dereliction of the member for Mayo, who
received while head warden of the west the weekly
stipend of 141. " of the people's pence for organising
Connaught," and so coolly deserted in the hour of
trial. The Limerick Chronicle has thus early pro-
vided for the member for Mayo—with the Commis-
sionership of Greenwich Hospital.

IRISH LIMAL APpOINTIUNTS.—The *Medal announce.
ment on this subject is as fellows:—Mr. Moore, Judge of
the Queen's Bench; Mr. Monahan, Attorney, and Mr.
Hatchet, Solicitor• General ; Mr. Baldwin, Q.C., legal ad-
viser to the Castle. These are, you will perceive, precisely
aa I had announced, as soon as Mr. Justice Burton had
departed.

PROVINCIAL

INSlCAslimus.
LIVERPOOL DISTRICT COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.—
The weed hearing under the fiat of bankruptcy against
Messrs. Higginson end Deane, better known as the firm of
Barton, Mem, and Higginson, took place yesterday, before
I Mr. Serjeut Ludlow.--Mr. Lace applied to the judegibr
an order, on behalf of Sir A. Gibbs and 8. Osborne, ~
to sell two estates us Barbadoes, purc.based of them by r.
Higginson in 1846, of which a conveyance bad been made,
but of which the purchase money, amounting to 18,0001.,
bad not yet been paid..-The Judge suggested a conference
between the two solicitors. which wee in.—After
a few claims had been put in, Mr. J. was then
further eiandnedlry Mr. Lowndes. The question was,
uto a letter received from Mr. B. Menlo-re. it Charleston,
dated October 23, 1847, enclosing an in
a du Char-
lotte's cargo. Mr. Higginson sold he did me veralleet
having reeehred the letter and invoice blamdft lot it
had been received by the house. He did am kW,
where either of them were now. The nut guides rem as
to considerable tranautions in railway Mr.
Higgioson had had with Mears. H. Davies ad g ith .
It sip
peered that inn, the month of Apnl, of Ike psommt yetr,
Mears. Ditifta had paid for Mr. Bigoted!' • aiS so 183 i
South BAP" number teen ; and on the Ill! May the
same call At 1,276 shone in the same stock ; poifi that he
the 19th July they had also said a call on Om MK bat had
paid no call on the 1,276. He was asked Wbefilliedbenome
of the latter ? Mr. Higginson repliediket Ili Wed the-
assignee, had got them. They were is *bids of asesmato
with the Commercial Bank. They had boss Wog thams for