The Sun.
London, England, 1855-12-19 00:00:00

CITY COMMISSION OF SITIVERS.

Yebterday a court W 23 held for the desp;otch of public
busincws. -Mr. Deputy Peacock occupied tho chair.

THE NEW CEMETERY FOE TitE CITY OF LOINTDOIs%

Mr. D.s.w, the chief clerk, mail the followino letter,
addressed to himself by Archdeacon Hale :
" Cliae.erho use, Dee. 19, 1855.

" Sir,—The Committee of lircurvbents of the City of
London have expressed to me their wish that the burial
ground at Ilford should be cornbtcrated. I fully concur
with them in the opinion that i..` is expedient that th 2
consecration of the ground shoulci
take place without
delay. I have therefore to acquain t you, for the infor-
mation of the Commission of Sewers a sting
as the burial
board for the City of London, that I ~.
shall make every
endeavour to procure the granting
of a CO. tnmission from
the Lord Bishop of London for this purpos,”. .I have to
request that you will inform me of the receipt of this
letter, and of its contents having been duly ,comrcuni-
cated to the Burial Board.—l am, sir, your obedient
servaet, " H. W. Hai.?,
Archdeacon and Commissary.
" To Joseph Daw, Esq."
The CHAIRMAN said he was very glad, as doubtless
the other members of the Commission were, that Arch-
deacon Hale had acceded to their wishes, and he tvusted
that an early day would be fixed for the consecration of
the burial ground. (Hear, hear.)

STATE or ST. ANDREW'S CHURCHYARD, HOLBORN'.
The Cu= CLERK read the following letter from the
Secretary of State for the Home Department, to whom
the report of Dr. Letheby, upon the subject of St. An-
drew's Churchyard, was ordered to be sent at the last
court :

" Whitehall, Dec. 13, 1855.
" Sir,—l am directed by Secretary Sir George Grey
to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 12th
inst., and its enclosures, and to express his regret and
disappointment at finding that the new City Burial
Ground has not yet been opened, as he was informed so
lung ago as the 16th of last March by the City Remem-
brancer, in answer to an inquiry, he bad addressed to
that officer, that it would be completely consecrated and
opened for use in the month of June, and that should
circumstances imperatively require it, a portion of the
ground might be ready in a month's time from the date
of his letter. Sir George Grey does not understand the
City of London Burial Board to have made any spe-
cifio application to him on the subject of the differences
which appear to have arisen as to the fees, but if the
board have any such to make, it will receive his early
attention.

" With regard to the report on the state of the church-
yard of St. Andrew's, Holborn, Sir George Grey finds
that the time for closing the cliurchyaier v.-as extended
by order in council, bearing date the 13th September,
1854, until the City burial ground should be fit for use,
the effect of which would be that if the City burial
ground had bean opened for use as anticipated, this
churchyard would have been now closed. As no definite
time is now filed for opening the City burial ground,
Sir George Grey has directed one of the inspectors em-
ployed under the Burial Acts immediately to visit the
churchyard of Saint Andrew's, Holborn, and upon his
report such measures will be adopted, without delay, as
are required to prevent the continuance of such evils as,
from Dr. Letheby's report, appear to exist from the con-
dition of this ehurcilyerd.—l am, air, your obedient Her-
went, " (Signed) W. MASSEY.
"To Joseph Daw, Esq., Clerk to the Commissioners
of Sewers, Guildhall."
Mr. H. L. TAYLOR—Considoring the dates of the two
letters, it would appear that the view taken by the Se-
cretary of State for the Home Department has operated
very strongly upon the archdeacon's decision. (Hear,
hear.) I just now gave the archdeacon credit for yield-
ing to the public requirements, but I am very glad to
find that there is a Home Secretary who feels such au
interest in the public health as to induce him to
bring his office to bear when there is laxity on the
part of others in carrying out so necessary a measure
for the heaith and comfort of the citizens of London.
The CHAIRMAN—We must endeavour to obtain a
conference with the Home Secretary upon the subject
of the burial fees, the scale of which must have his ap-
proval. As the archdeacon has consented to the conse-
cration of the ground, I think we should direct the
committee to see Sir Geo. Grey upon the subject of the
fees.
Deputy AITCHESON—Is it not necessary that we
should make the offer to those who repreeont the clergy
before we go to the Home Secretary?
Mr. Daw—The question of the fees to the clergy
remains precisely where it was. Sir George Grey has
acknowledged our communication of the 9th, requesting
a conference, and in the reply he wishes to be informed
what proposal the board desire to make before the inter-
view takes place.
Mr. H. L. TAYLOR—Let us have the report of the
committee read, and then we shall see what it contains.
Mr. DAW then read a lengthy report of the improve-
ment committee upon the subject of the burial fees, and
the general arrangements connected with the cemetery.
The report was then adopted.
The Court, after fining several of the contractors for
cleans ing the streets and thoroughfares for neglect of
duty, adjourned.

METROPOLITAN SE WEBSCO MAIISSION.

A general meeting of the Metropolitan Commission-
era of Sewers wa.; held yesterday, at the Court-house,
Greek-street. Mr. F. Chalmers (in the absence of Mr.
R. Jebb) presided. The commissioners present were—Sir
J. V. Shelley, M.P., Dr. Waller Lewis, Dr. Sayer, Mr.
Hodgson, Mr. Thwaites, Mr. Pascall, Mr. Offor, and Mr.
Cuthbert Johnson.

THE CHIEF' ENGINEER AND MR. F. 0. WARD.
The Secretary presented the usual list of sums re-
commended for payment, and the sum of 3/. ss. 4d. for
the short-band writer's notes of the speech of Mr. Ward,
containing the charges against Mr. B tzalgette, the chief
engineer, being proposed for payment, Mr. Thwaites,
Sir John Shelley, and Dr. Sayer objected to paying for
a report of Mr. Ward's speech, chiefly on the ground that
Mr. Bazalgette had refused to furnish the court with a
copy of his answer to Mr. Ward, although he had given
a copy Of it to the reporters of the daily papers. Mr.
C. Johnson hoped the objection would be waived. Mr.
Bazalgette said he had been called upon to answer a
great number of charges, which he could not do without
having a copy of them. He had only had a fortnight
to prepare his defence to a long series of charges, and,
therefore, he had not had time to prepare a document in
such a manner as to make it fit to he a court document.
He would withdraw the claim for the amount. This, of
course, put an end to the discussion.
In answer to Sir John Shelley, the Secretary said the
expense of carrying a sewer from Whitehall to St.
James's-park, for the purpose of getting rid of the foul-
ness of the ornamental waters, would be defrayed by
the government.
After seine routine orders bad been made, the court
adjourned.

SIR ~T. V. SHELL EY AND THE BOARD