The Express.
London, England, 1859-11-16 00:00:00

CITY COMMISSION OF MILWILT.
Yesterday the Gity

assembled at

TAR SANITARY co.omoe 01 TIII T.
Doctor IRTNIST, the medics 'clCacer of health, reported on
the state of 307 houses that had inspected ear the hat
meeting of the coon, and he sabinitted a list of 29 place,
than required sanitary improvements.
The mortality returns for the lest fortnight show a slight
isomer in the weekly number of deaths, but the proportion
is sail below the avenge kr-the acerenpanding peed of the
list tour years. In that purled the deaths were 122,. whereas
is the court of the last &fright Ory were 1611—N of
the deaths were among infants, and 24 among old perms of 60
sad upwards. The principal caner of death were°, &chronic
erareatar—of pulmonary efferkes, there wan lig from
phasing, 11 hem hurdling, end 7 from pneumonia, propor-
tions whisk are Tiring with the demos of the cold weather.
There wars also 6 deaths from Martins% 7 from rads. fever,
6 from mares and whooping cough, 1 born sandl-pos, and
1 frees typhus—in all 20 deaths from disarm of the marl°
class, and there were 10 deaths from teething, hydra:maser,
and convulsions.

OAS SUPPLY:

Dr. Lwruxnv also reportedM lollows of the illuminating
re' and chemical quality of the Great Central Cu of the
711 a• pm has baste tested in the tonal manner from an
mend burner of Mace boles, with a esven•inch chimney,
cobs het of via per hour. The tankage
wens= lim
et the laboratory et the London Hospital and
at Colentsuemest ta the City. In all 296 experiments eke
made doing this quarter, sad the remelts are that the avenge
Ulaminatleg power el the gm be. ban equal to that of 12.22
sperm oandke or 14.77 wax of 120 grains consumption pet
hour. The weekly enemies for the quarter have ranged be.
tween 12.30 sad 14.18 of the etandard war power. Them re-
sults are satisfactory, for they show an average of 23 per
out. above the requirements of the sot of parliament. The
chemist' quality ot the gee ham mks hese good, ier there be.
hem compiste abeam Si Si] tram Of sulphuretted
lidrugen,
caches have been nd the proportions of ammonia and Sul.
wet of c greedy below
the avere
hese isogametes.' tibia mace be overrated far at the
meant tints so muck confidence is placed la the purity of the
London gm by the public, that It is nahasinidnit employed
in every kind of 'hoiden for inumbeting wpm*. It is,
therefore, of the utmost importance Wit the proportions of'
sulphur and ammonia should be kept down to the loweet
point. I regret that this ie not generally the sass, for
within the kot meth I have band se much as 28 grains or
sedybur per 100 cubic feet of the gas supplied by one of the
metropolitan =speaks beyond the walls of the Cky. . The
amouat of impurity is capable of peeducing by lacombus-
tion and subsequent oxidation nearly 86 grabs ot the
strongest oil of vitriol of Eistlieh commetto—ei peoparthei
which is rather more than three time the average
found by the oomatiesioners appointed by the Privy=
to inquire Into the lighting of picture galleries by gas, sad
which they consider to be iturdul to Octane. It is, Mar
fore, hardly neconary to my, that the prodecte of the
combustion of such gas must be excessively Mindoro to
all kinds of textile fabrics; end it ia mealiest that the
interesta of the public should be protected by some sort of
supervision in respect of the chemical qualities of the gm
supplied by the various onspenies.—Adjourned.

00171 T a? ALDEZILSR.

A Court of Aldermen was held yesterday at the

The Loin Diavon, on taking the chair, briedy eistressed
the court, summing his intention to preside over its delibe-
rations with the utmost impartiality, and to discharge the
difficult duties of him office to the best of his ability, aided
by 1.110.1 sage atuneele, and that kind forbearasee vetch bad
been extended to his predeemsors ; and his hope that when
the time should arrive for him to surrender the gown in.
which his fellow citizens had enshrined him, b• would be
found deserving of their commendations. (Bear.)

TOTS 017TRAItILS TO TIM LAIN LODZ MATOZ.
Sir P. Lau HIS said he hod a pleating duty to perform, that
of proposing a vote of thanks to Mr. Alderman Wire, the
late Lord Mayor. He would not take up the time of this
wart by telling all he thought of Mr. Wire, bat would only
say that ho had never known a man whom he more entirely.
respected, or whose afilietions he more thoroughly deplored.
(Hear, hear.) Sir Peter then proposed a vote of thanks to
Mr. Ald. Wire for his able and efficient conduct as chief
magistrate ; for the support which he bed rendered to the
charities of the City and institutions adapted to pro-
mote the welfare of the poor claws, end for the dignified
way In which he had upheld the rights, honour, and -hoop!.
Laity of the City.
Sir J. Dunn seconded the motion, remarking that it was
Impossible to over-estineste the zeal and attention of the late
Lord Mayor, to the duties of his °floe ; or the efficiency, de.
scrit.spr difficalties of his position, with which he had dia.
them.
The resolution was carried by acclamation, arid it was
ordered to be advertised in the usual morning and evening

PTl:egimeral Weiner of the oourt was =interesting.

SYMPATHY WITH ITALY IN GLASGOW.

On Monday afteraoon a preliminary meeting of
the friends of Italy in Glasgow was held in the QUelleill
Hotel, to concert measures for answering the appeal of Gene-
ral Garibaldi for material support from Great Britain to sid
him in upholding the cause of civil and religions freedom in
Italy. Among the gentleman present were—Walter Bu-
chanan, Bag., M. P.: Hugh Tennent. Esq., of Wellpark ;
Councillors J. Taylor, I.l•Adese, and Watson, &c., !co.
A subscription sheet was laid on the table at the meeting,
and among the donations were 60/. from Walter Buchanan,
BK., M.P., end a similar sum from Hugh Tennant, Rol,
the whole amounting to about 1501.