The Sun.
London, England, 1862-12-03 00:00:00

COMMISSION OF SEWERS.

Yesterday a meeting of the members of this corn-
miseion was held at Guildhall, under the presidency
of Mr. H, De Jersey. Among the commissioners
present were Alderman Allen, Alderman Besley,
Deputies Unwin, Butler, Farrar, Harker, Fuming,
Read, Jones, Larkin, Obbard, Cork, Elliott, and
Bower; Dr. Abraham, Messrs. H. L. Taylor, Geo.
Walter, C. Phillips, S. Green, C. Young, Blakesley,
Stillwell, J. T. Young, Croucher, L, Houghton, T.
Symonds, J. Waterlow, J. E. Saunders, Lister,
Matthew, Alcock, &c.
The minutes of the last meeting were read and
passed, after which several applications wore dis-
posed of.

Complaints were made by Dr. Abraham, Mr.
Matthew, and deputy Cork of the filthy state of
the pavements in the City thoroughfares during
the past few days. It was urged that it was the
duty of the police to see that the inhabitants pro-
perly swept the footpaths in front of their several
houses, and to summon them if they neglected to
do so.

The Clerk was ultimately directed to communi-
cate with the City Police Commissioner upon the
subject of the complaint.

SANATORY STATE OF THE DWELLINGS OF THE

POOR.

The Clerk laid before the Court a report from the
General Purposes Committee, stating that they had
had under their consideration the matters referred
to them in the letters from the Guardians of the
West London Union of September last relating to
itolborn-buildings, and also the letters from the
Guardians of the City of London Union
relating to White Lion-court, and they had been
attended by deputations from the City Unions
upon the sanatory condition of those seve-
ral premises. The result of their inquiries had

been to satisfy them that there was not a suffi-
ciently frequent inspection of the houses within the
City inhabited by the poor, neither was there a suf-
ficiently rigid supervision made of the works re-
quired to be done by, the Court at some of the
houses for their sanitary improvement. The com-
mittee stated that they had been informed by the
medical officer, 1)r. Letheby, that the present staff
of inspectors could not satisfactorily discharge these
with their other duties, and they therefore recom-
mended the Court to appoint one person at a salary
of £llO a-year to be an inspector of sanatory
works, whose duty should be to serve all notices
for sanatory works, and personally to see that the
'me were carried into effect in a satisfactory
manner.

The report :vas then agreed to.
LETIIEBY then laid before the Court the de-
t''l% of the duties of the sanatory inspector, and
they were referred to the committee for considera-
tion and.

The
PrincipalTn
ESUPPLy OF GAS.
Clerk (Mr. Joseph Daw) read a
communication
from
pro
tenl Mr. Potter, the solicitor to the
Commission
~ stating that the judges of
the Exchequer Chamber
~ o
mn Friday last gave judg-
ment in the case et Clarke v. the Great Central
Gas Consumers' Company'.
tupon the question raised
as to the power of the co:u 4chy under the Metro-
polis Gas Act of 1860 to iPc'
the price of gas
4s. to 4s. 6d. per
supplied to the public lamps' i~lcreae©
Pleas,
h the
1,000 cubic feet. The judges affirmedoni
. increasedolding that the
of the Court of Common decision
companylhad power to make the
the
Dr, ABRAHAM justified
to this question, :),ILin
coram,E charge.
steps taken in reference the
said, was one of the greatest importance to thee h,
-he
zens. Ile could not, however, recommend themttio.
take any further proceedings after the decision of \
the Exchequer Chamber, but at the same time he
thought it strange that neither the Recorder nor
Common Sergeant, who vvere retained by the Com-
mission on their behalf, were present when the
judgment was given. He thought some inquiry
should be made into this matter, and he would
move that it be referred to the General Purposes
Conimitteeliiconsider and report.
The motion was agreed to.
The Engineer (Mr. Wm. Haywood) laid before