The Sun.
London, England, 1863-04-29 00:00:00

CITY COMMISSION OF SEWERS,

Yesterday, at the weekly meeting of this body,
held at Guildhall, Mr. De Jersey in the chair, a
deputation attenaed with a memorial signed by 97
of the merchants, bankers, common-councilmen,
and others in Cornhill and its neighbourhood, the
name of the Lord Mayor being the first on the list,
complaining that a public urinal was now being
erected by the Commissioners of Sewers in the
centre of the open space in front of the Mansion-
house and the Royal Exchange, and urging the
commission to abandon the work. The memo-
rialists dwelt upon the unsightly appearance of
such a place, its inconvenience to the public traffic,
which was so extraordinarily great in that part of
the city, and to the owners and occupiers of the
adjacent property, and upon its being immediately
in front of the Wellington statue. Deputy Harrison
in presenting the memorial, observed that the pro-
posed place of accommodation was not only in front
of the Mansion-house, but in close proximity to the
Bank of England, the Globe Insurance office, and
the bank of Messrs. Smith, Payne, and CO, In the
course of a discussion which followed, the public
necessity for such places was strongly urged upon
the commission by Dr. Abraham, Deputy Obbard,
and other members, and reference was made by the
deputation to the way in which such accommoda-
tion was afforded in Paris and other continental
towns without being unnecessarily obtruded on the
public notice. Dr. Abraham reminded the com-
mission that the obligation was imposed on them by
Act of Parliament to provide such places for the
convenience of the citizens, and urged them to pro-
ceed with the work. On the other hand it was con•
demned by Alderman Carter and Deputy Farrar as
wholly oljectionable in such a public locality. Oa
the motion of Deputy Harrison, the memorial watt
referred to the General Purposes Committee to
consider and report whether any and, if atilt
what other place, could be found for the erection of
a urinal in that neighbourhood. A petition watt
next presented by freeholders, leaseholders, and le'
habitants of Ludgate-hill and its neighbourhood,
stating that they were painfully alive to the fact
that, unless immediate steps were take to avert it, 3
viaduct would be placed by the London, Chatham,
and Dover Railway Company across Ludgate-htlir
under the powers obtained by their act of 1860;
that accidents in that now over-crowded thorough'
fare were of frequent occurrence, and that it re'
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quired the utmost vigilance of the police to keep the
traffic in proper order; that the headway of the pro'
posed bridge was to be only 18ft, and they were col"
fident such a bridge would be the cause of still more
frequent accidents from the fact of trains passing
so near the heads of horses in the roadway beneath'
They also stated that at the present time Ludgate•
hill required to be improved, but that a viaduct sa

proposed would seriously interfere with any such
improvement; that it would shut out from Fleet'
street the existing view of the cathedral of St•
Paul's, and that they were informed by eminent
engineers that the railway might be conveyed un'
der Ludgate-hill, by means of a tunnel. Bills, thcf

said, were now before Parliament on behalf of the

London, Chatham, and Dover Railway Conapanls
to extend their time and to transfer the powers ob•
tained by them in 1860 to a new company, to 130
called the Ludgate Station and Junction Railo9

Company; and that an opportunity—was thus
afforded of making arrangements with the can:
pany to carry out the proposed railway without
constructing the obnoxious viaduct. The memorial
was referred to the Improvement Company. Dr'
Letheby, the medical officer of health for the ego
reported on the state of 191 houses that had boa
inspected during the week, and he submitted a list

of 79 places for sanitary improvement. He sub-

witted a certificate of the indecent and utisvh°le'

some overcrowding of the house, No. 5, Catherine'
wheel-alley, Bishopsgate-street, and he also cer•
tified that the two houses, Nos. 11 and 12, in Fir'

ball-court, Houndsditch, were permanently oil'
fit for human habitation. The mortality re'
turns for the week are above the averse_

for the season, Last week there were 64 deat
in the city, the average number for the correspaccii
ing period of the last seven years being 59; 22
the deaths were among infants, and 13 among Pet:
sons of 60 and upwards. The chief causes of death
were as follows :—Pnthisis, 8 ; tubercular diseaseei
4 ; pneumoni,, 2; bronchitis, 8 ; whooping-cough'
1 ; diphtheria, 1; measles, 5; smallpox, 5; scarlet -
fever, 5 ; diarrhoea, 2 ; and continued fever, 1
making together 12 deaths from tubercular disease'
10 from inflammatory affections of the lungs, and
20 from diseases of a zymotic character. Fig-

seven births were registered in the week.

COUNTRY MARKETS.

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LEEDS—TUESDAY.
There bas been a decided improvement in the tone dill:
trade since last week, and a lair business done at is advalti
on late prices. Other articles were quiet, and unchangv-
iu value.

MARKET HARBOR° UGH—TuEsDAY. e.
White wheat, 49s to 50s ; red, 46s to 48s per 36 ei°l/00
3 Malting barley at 35s to 868, per qr.; grinding, 28s to 0
per 30 at, Oats, old, 265, to 28e; new, 22s to 25s per
at. ; beans, 38s to 42s per qr.

SHEFFIELD—TUESDAY, ig 6a
Red wheat, per load of 3 imperial bushels...lss Od to A''S ga
White
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New red f 9
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Beans
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Peas, per qr
Grinding barley, per qr .... . ...
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Malting ditto, lf 34s Od to 385
Oats od
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If 2210d
Flour, is 7d to 23 2d per stone.

LIVERPOOL—TUESDAY.
At our market to-day there was a moderate busillelsls;
and wheat was 3d to 4d per cental dearer. Oats Id Pet
bushel higher. For Indian corn the demand was brisk, eo
Is per qr advance on the week. Barley, beans, and 13_,,e3
ment saleable. Oatmeal 6d per load dearer. Anierlo'
flour generally held for Is per barrel more money.

MELTON MOWBRAY—TUESDAY.
The following were the currencies :—New white
48s Od to 63s Od; new red, 43s Od to 49s per 36 stone''.stone''.beans, 40s to 41s for old; new sorts, 36s to S9s per 38 sfot'i!
barley, 35s to 39s for malting, and 27s to 29s per gr•
grinding; oats, 23s to 30s Od per 24 stone.