The Sun.
London, England, 1855-10-03 00:00:00

THE SUN; LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 3 1855.

CITY COMMISSION OF SEWERS.

Yesterday a court was held for the despatch of pul)lic
business. Mr. Deputy Peacock presided.

MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH.

Mr. DAw, the chief clerk, read a report from the Ge-
neral Purposes Committee upon the subject of the duties
of the medical officer of health, and the testimonials of
the candidates for the office, rendered vacant by the re-
signation of Mr. Simon. The report, after giving Idle
names of the candidates, eighteen in number, and de-
scribing them as all qualified for the office, recommende d
that, in addition to the duties hitherto discharged by the
medical officer, it should be his duty in future to super-
intend the house-to-house inspection throughout fthe
city of London as may be necessary, or may be requi red
by the commissioners, and to attend upon and give ovi-
deuce before the magistrates, &c., whenever necessriry,
in support of any complaint originating from or connected
with the duties of his office, and also to keep proper
account of the various matters which he officially brings
before the commissioners. And that he do attend
every meeting of the commissioners and all committees
at which he may be required, whether to advise or to
view with them premises whereat sanitary measures are
under consideration.

The report was adopted ; and upon the motion o'
Deputy HARRISON, it was ordered that a copy be forth
with sent to every member of the court. The day of
election was fixed for Wednesday next at 1 o'clock.

from the president, which was as remarkable for its en-
larged and philosophical spirit as for the elegance and
point of its langnae. The attendance of visitors, mem-
bers of the profession, and students, was very numerous.

From the London Gazette of Last Night.

DOWNING-STREET, SEPT. 29.

The Queen has been pleased to appoint Philip Francis
Little, Esq., to be Attorney-General ; John Dent., Esq.,
to be Colonial Secretary ; Edmund Hanrahan, Esq., to be
Surveyor-General; and George Henry Emerson, Esq., to
be Solicitor-General for the Isand of Newfoundland.
Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint Lawrence
O'Brien, James Tobin, John Rochfort, M.D., George
Henry Emerson, John Munn, Samuel Cal son, M.D., Tho-
mas Row, James Johnstone Rogerson, Thomas Harrison
Ridley, James Furlong. Philip Duggan, and James Cor-
mack, Esqs., to bo Members of the Legislative Council of
Newfoundland.

William Goldby. To be Paymaster of the 2d Battalion—
William Berkley Beattie, Esq.
The appointment of 31..j0r Carl Ludwig Hafelin, which
appeared in the Gazette of Sept. 7, is to bear date July 1.
UNATTACHED—Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel James Wells
Armstrong, Major of the 49th Foot, to have his Brevet
rank converted into Substantive rank, under the Royal
warrant of Oct. 6, 1851. Major William Hardy, of the
46th Foot, to have his Brevet rank converted into Substan-
tive rank, under the Royal warrant of Oct. 6, 1854.
HOSPITAL STAFF.—To be Assistant-Surgeon—Acting-
Assistant-Surgeon Joseph Johnston, M.D. To be Acting
Assistant-Surgeons—Henry Kelsall, Gent.: Henry Brook,
Gent.; Charles Christopher Piper, Gent.; William Collis,
Gent.; Thomas William Spink Locke, Gent. Acting As-
sistant-Surgeon Richard Bramwell his been permitted to
resign his commission.

at ten, at Nottingham. Harrison, official assignee, Not.-
tingham : Pickering, Derby; Reece, Birmingham.
James Kenyon, innkeeper, Blackburn, Oct. 1.1 and Nov.
2, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Horns.-
man, official assignee, Manchester; Wilkinson, Black-
burn ; Sale, Worthington, awl Shipman, Manchester.
George Poyser, boot and shoemaker, Derby, Oct. 23 and
Nov. 6, at ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Harris,
official assignee, Nottingham; Bewley, Nottingham.
Isaiah Belcher, augur manufacturer, Wolverhampton,
Oct. 15 and Nov. 5, at half-past ten, at the Birmingham
District Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham ;
Motteram and Knight, Birmingham ; Bolton, Wolver-
hampton.
John Cooke, glass manufacturer, Spitalfields, Oct. 13, at
half-past one, and Nov. 13, at one, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Lee, official assignee, Alderintzloury ; Stubbs,
Moorgate-street, City.
Richard Hoyes, postmaster and licoisel victualler,
West Cowes, Isle of Wight, Oct. 16, at eleven, and Nov.
20, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Lee, Alderman-
bury ; Hamber, King's Arms-yard, City.
Thomas Wayland, beer-shop keeper, Battersea, Oct. 11,
at eleven, and Nov. 12, at twelve, at the Court of B
ruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Pain,
Gresham-street.

Lyon Samuel, goldsmith and jeweller, Bury-street, Saint
Mary Axe, City, Oct. 11, at half-past eleven, and Nov.
15, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pen-
nell, official assignee, Guildhall-chambers; Norton and
Son, New-street, Bishopsgate.

PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
Wilson and Mann, Ramsgate, school proprietors ;
Brookes and Mason, Bilston, coal masters; J. and F. Kip-
ling, carpet manufacturers ; E. Gripper and Co., Basford,
Nottinghamshire, brickmakers ; as far as regards T. C.
Hine ; Morton and Co., Oldham, drapers ; H. Dunning-
ton, Gray, and Co., Lenton and Nottingham, manufactur-
ers; Gibb and Cavanagh, Manchester, jewellers; Beynon
and Rogan, Liverpool, boat-builders ; G. Richmond, M
Crews, R. Pearse, and R. Pethick, Plymouth, coach-build-
ers—as far as regards R. Pethick ; G. and S. Pim,
Liverpool, corn merchants ; Collings and Russell, Lower
Thames-street, shipbrokers ; the Clogger's Company,
Over Darwen, Lancashire ; Barnard, Rosenthal], and
Burton, Cheapside and elsewhere, braid manufactur-
ers—as far as regards G. Burton ; C. and S. Cook,
Plymouth, milliners ; J. Brown and Co., Bradford, York-
shire, stn ff m anufa,ct ure rs; Dod goon and Whitaker, Burnley,
machine-makers; Ashford and Co., Birmingham, stampers;
J. Avery, A. E. L. Belford, and C. D. Gardissal, Essex-
street, Strand, patent agents ; J. Lumley and J. BOwe,
Northallerton, brewers; T. P. Austin and C. J. Cooke,
Maidstone, booksellers ; W. H. Bremer and Co., Kings-
ton-upon-Hull and Great Grimsby, and G. Thode and Co.,
Liverpool, ship brokers ; G. and R. Henty, Chichester,
brewers ; Wood and Adlard, Barbican, printers ; J. C.
and G. Sercombe, Exeter, merchants.

DIVIDENDS DECLARED.
D. Little, Liverpool, merchant, first div. of is. 3d. on
Wednesday, Oct. 10, or on any subsequent Wednesday,
at Mr. Turner's, Liverpool.
J. Jackson, Liverpool, draper, first div. of ss. on Wed-
nesday, Oct. 10, or on any subsequent Wednesday, at Mr.
Turner's, Liverpool.

D. J. Fynney, Liverpool, corn merchant, second div. of
2d, on Wednesday, Oct. 10, or on any subsequent Wed-
nesday, at Mr. Turner's, Liverpool.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
John Robertson, grain merchant, Glasgow, Oct. 11, at
one, within Carrick's Royal Hotel.
Charles Richardson, patent medicine dealer, Glasgow,
Oct. 10, at one, within the Glasgow Stock Exchange-rooms.
Hugh Smith and Co., dyers, Pollokshaws, Oct. 11, at
one, within the Franklin Hotel, Glasgow.
Alexander King and Co., merchants, Borrowstownness,
Linlithgow. Oct. 12, at one, within the Star and G.rter
Hotel, Linlithgow.

John MacDonald and Co., engravers and lithographers
Glasgow, Oct. 9, at twelve, within the Crow Hotel, George
square, Glasgow.

Archibald Galbreath and Co., ship and insurance brokers,
Oct.ll, at one, within the Glasgow Stock Exchange-rooms

HEALTH OP LONDON DURING THE WEEK,

( From the Report of the Registrar• General.

The deaths of 1,160 persons were registered in London
in the last week of the quarter that ended on Saturday,
Sept. 29, and though swollen by the accession of cases of
violent deaths in which inquests were held some weeks
since, this number is below the average. London is
healthier than. it is usually in September. Diarrbcea is de-
clining, but was fatal to 75 persons, of whom 62 were
under three years of age. Cholera was the cause of nine
deaths of persons of various ages. A boatswain, about 4.5
years of age, died of cholera on board ship off Brewer's-
quay, Thames-street. The wife of a journeyman en-
gine-smith, aged 36 years, .and the daughter of a tailor,
aged four years, died of cholera on the 29th
and 26th of September, at. 15; Prdvidence•street, St.
George-in-the-East. The Registrar's note on the two
latter cases throws light on the circumstances in which
sywotic diseases become epidemic and fatal :—" This
house contains three rooms, one below ground ; the
upper room sub-let ; the lower rooms were in a filthy
condition. The sewer opposite.the house is choked, and
complaints are made of the- negligence of the dust con-
tractor. The son of the deceased. mother has also been
attacked with cholera, but is recovering. This I have on
the authority of the medical officer of the parish, who has
ordered an inspection of the nuisances."

The registrars of Islington record 7 cases of diarrhoea,
and state that an "excessive smell impregnates the
atmosphere of the neighbourhood from the Belle Isle
nuisances."

17 persons died of small-pox, 11 of measles, 4.5 of
scarlatina, 20 of hooping-cough, and 50 of typhus in, the
week.

The diseases of the respiratory organs were less fatal
than usual, for though the weather changed, the tempe-
rature was above the average.

Last week the births of 894 boys and 813 girls, in all
1,707 children, were registered in London. In the ten
corresponding weeks of the years 1845.54 the average
number was 1,455. •

The barometer rose to 30.330 in. on Monday, and
was 30'275 in. on Tuesday, when the moon was full ; it
descended to 29-431 in. on Saturday. Rain fell (0'37
in.) on Friday and Saturday. The mean daily tempera-
tare of the air at Greenwich was 56.6 deg., or 2.2 deg.
above the average. The temperature of the Thames, was
6077 deg., or 4.1 deg. above the tempefature of the air.
The dew point was 6.9 dog. below the air temperature ;
and the earlier part of the week was dry. The wind
blew from the north-east on the earlier days, and from
the south-west on the latter days of the week, at veloci-
ties varying from 50 to 130 miles a day. Electricity was
positive for the first five days ; on Friday and Saturday
no electricity was shown by the instruments.

MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS