The Sun.
London, England, 1864-04-13 00:00:00

City St ewers Commission,

A meeting of the c, 'ot nmissioners of Sewers of the City of
London was held at CIL tildhall yesterday, under the presi-
dency of Deputy De Jerst 'Y. Among those present were--
Deputy Scamell, Deputy C,
-irk, Deputy Read, Deputy Lor-
kin, Deputy Unwin, Deputy Bone, Deputy Perkins ; Messrt
George Walter, Matthew, Cr, lucher, Cox, Cole, Botterilli
Chaplin, Dodswell, Israel, Ho ughton, Green, Hobson, J,
T. Young, Banning, Nind, Leo.
Mr A. J. BAYLIS, the solicitor to thi) commission, re,
ported that on the Bth April. he attended at the Guildhall
Police-court, and procured the condemnation, as unfit for
human food, of a quantity of diseased meat, which had been
seized that morning in Newgate market. "The meat In
question, whir., h consisted of four quarters of a cow and a
tongue, was in a very bad state indeed, and it was evident
that the animals Lad been suffering from diseilse for Owe
time. The meat was insoected by Alderman P hillipe, wb°
ordered it to be destroyer!, and he directed that the case
should be referred to the Commissioners of Sewers, with s
view of proceedings being taken against the sender.
The
solicitor now asked the Court to instruct him mak') the
necessary preliminary inquiries into the mat ter, and, 1
necessary, to take out a summons against the per on or per-
sons who sent the meat to the London market.
The Court at once instructed the solicitor to take the
necessary steps to bring the guilty parties to justi,
The principal clerk, Mr JOSEPH DAW, read a c 00001;
cation he had received from the vestry clerk of WlLiteellePe.;
parish, in reference to the East London Railway, which I.
is proposed shall pass over High-street, Aldgato, near the.'
boundary between the parishes of Ahlgate and White
chapel. The co-operation of the Corporation of London
was asked for in order that injury might not be done to the
pariah by the construction of an ugly bridge, and prevent
it being covered with bills and placards after it has been
erected.
The matter was referred to the Improvement Committee
to consider and report.
Dr LETHEBY presented the usual weekly report on OA

sanatory condition of the City.
The medical officer further reported that the illuminating
power of the gas supplied to the City during the past Week
had in each case been above the requirements of the act;
but the properties of sulphur had in the case of the Clutrteree
and Great Central Companies been above the quantity selle.
tioned by Parliament.
After disposing of some further business the COnl
sioners adjourned.

Attempted Murder at Worcester,---A Police'

man Shot,

WORCESTER, Tuesday, 2 p.lll.
The inhabitants of this city were startled this morning
by a report that Police-sergeant Drew, of the city force,
had been shot while in the execution of his duty.
It appears that a young man named Walter Jones, the
son of Mr. Jones, surgeon, of the College-yard, entered the
shop of Mr. H, Perrins, gunsmith, of this city, and stole 6
six-chambered revolver, with case, &e., complete, and Made
off, pursued by the owner, but Jones succeeded in effecting
his escape. This was between eight and nine o'clock'
Jones then appears to have made his way to Pitchcroft, *
large ham by the side of the river Severn, and to have loadea
the revolver with six bullets from the case. While roaming
adout the fields near to the waterworks, he interrogated a girl
named Emma Ball, and invited her to take a walk with 10'
The girl refused, whereupon Jones drew the revolver fronthi4
pocket, and deliberately shot her through the hand. 'rhea
girl's cries for help brought several persons to the spot, all
they pursued the would-be assassin across the 10131:
Police-sergeant Drew lives in the neighbourhood, and Wa:
standing in his garden. Ho gave chase, and caught
Jones in an entry in Moir-street, just by the ham, and
was in the act of taking the prisoner to his (Drew's) hoe
when Jones presented the revolver at his head and shot hi°,
through the right cheek. The ball entered the cheek, carried
away a portion of the jaw and several teeth, and Oil
struck the wall on the opposite side of the street. Doi
staggered and fell, and the assassin continued his flight'
the eatening to shoot every one who followed him, but even'
tually he was captured by Superintendent Phillips, of
county police, and handed over to the city authoritid'
Drew and the girl were attended by several medical tue*,
and Drew's injuries were found to be serious, and ni°4
likely he will not recover.
At midday the prisoner was taken before the city magi°.
trates, when the evidence of a girl named Tweedie,who
the policeman shot, was taken, and Jones was then re-
manded for a week.
No cause has been assigned by him for shooting the girl'
and it is believed by many that his intellect is impaired. Ile
is in the employ of the Great Western Railway Contra
at their works at Shrub-hill as an engine fitter.