The Sun.
London, England, 1863-05-21 00:00:00

SANATORY CONDITION OF THE CITY.

Dr. LETHEBY, the medical officer of health, re-
ported on the state of 181 houses that had been
inspected during the week, and he submitted a list
of 62 places for sanatory improvement. Ha likewise
reported that the markets and slaughter-houses had
been duly inspected, and the officers had condemned
3,1861b5. of meat, and 150 head of game and poultry
as unfit for human food. The meat consisted of 47
sheep, 8 pigs, 24 quarters of beef, and 7 joints of
meat; 1,9011b5. were diseased, 6821b5. were putrid,
and 6031b5. were from animals that had died from
natural Causes. All of it was rent to the boilers
and destroyed.

On Saturday last John Underwood. a butcher, of
Whitley, Oxfordshire, was tried at the Old Bailey
for sending the carcass of a diseased cow to New-
gate.market for sale as food. He was found guilty,
and sentenced to three months' imprisonment, with
hard labour.

Fifty-five births and 48 deaths were registered
in the City during the week. The mortality re-
turns are below the average (52) for the correspond-
ing period of the last seven years; 16 of the deaths
were among children of less than five years of age,
and 7 amongst persons of sixty and upwards. The
chief causes of death were as follows :—Phthisis 10,
mesentric disease 2, hydrocephalus 1, pneumonia 7,
bronchitis 6, croup 2 scarlet fever 8, and small-pox
2 ; making 13 deaths from tubercular diseases, 12
from inflammatory affections of the lungs, and 2
from diseases of the zymotic character. Of the 56
births 24 were boys and 31 girls.

After some other business of an unimportant
character was disposed of, the Court adjourned.

RAILWAY AND PUBLIC COMPANIES IN PARLIA-
MENT.—On Tuesday, after hearing Mr. Denison in
opposition on behalf of the Great Northern, and Sir W.
Alexander on the whole question, the committee, of which
the Duke of Richmond is chairman, passed the bill for the
extension of the Midland Railway into London. The result
will be to give both the Midland and London and North-
Western railways, who have both railways at Bedford, from
which town the new line into London will start, an
entrance into the metropolis. The Midland route will
be Edgware-road, crossing the Hampstead-road near
Belsize-avenue, thence through Kentish-town near
Gloucester-Place, Camden-road, and Old St. Pancras-
road, terminating in the Euston-road near the Metro-
politan Railway. The case of the Ponarth Harbour
and Dock Railway Company's Bill for a lease to the Taff
Vale Railway was opened in Lord Donoughmore's com-
mittee, and witnesses were examined by Mr. Calvert and
ith whomsom
some
arrange.°'----Mr. Davison. The bill for the Victoria Station and Pim-
lico Railway, by which it is proposed to widen and improve
the railway and station of the London, Chatham, and Dover
Railway Company at Pimlico, and to make arrangements
with the London and Brighton, was passed in the committee
of which Lord Wodehouse is chairman, after imosition on the part of the Great Western,
talents were also sought to be made.
posed new bridge at Blackfriars, the 0 The bill for the pro-
withdrawn, was also passed by the ppoaition having been
Commons, the bill for the pro p° sod
committer.. In the
of the Great Northern was p sed March to Spalding line8
Eastern March to Spalding linesed) and that of the Great
opened the opposition of th thrown out. Mr. Hope Scott
Edin-
burgh and Dunfermline 1 e Scottish Central to the
tailway.
examination in the Osw Mr. Howell was undcommittee. The case for the and Newtown Amalgamatioenr
pany's proposed Hull and
p North Eastern Railway Com-
rangements with the South Doncaster Branch, and for or-
was taken in Mr. Adairi Yorkshire and other companies,
Mr. Slight, the secretors committee.
mittee. The examination of
prolonged by Mr.
secretary the Brighton Company, was
new line to Brighton. Merewether,Th in opposition to the proposed
witness was of opinion, and
adduced statistical data, with the view of showing that the
expansion of the passenger and goods traffic
Coast district and between London and
dßri in theghtonw South
Coast
sufficient to justify the contradiction of an additional lino,
nor was it called for by any existing coal traffic. -
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accessible in the present day to all classes of her Majestys
subjects will be glad to hear that a movement hes been
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to the State Records will be found in the lately designed
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p.
in the
Government have agreed to concede to the public
new wing which is to be added to the unfinished block of
buildings known as the Public Record-office on the Rolls
Estate. Already it has been intimated that several gen-
tlemen of
high reputation amongst living arcbmolo-
gists are prepared to second this important decision by
handing over to the new library their collections of selected
and rare volumes illustrative of the manners and customs
general history in Europe of past times; and
and no more
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con-
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whilst they preserve the whole life Which dignify
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