The Sun.
London, England, 1865-06-28 00:00:00

CITY SEWERS COMMISSION.

The Commissioners of Sewers of the City of- London
met yesterday at the Guildhall, for the despatch of public
business. 11. Dc Jersey, Esq., deputy and under-sheriff,

the chairman of the commission, presided.
THE RECENT FIRE AND LOSS OF LIFE n LEADENHALL

MARKET.

_he Chairman brought up a report from the General
Purposb: Committee, to whom it was referred at the last
Court, "to I,:quire into the particulars of the late fire in
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Leadenhall-mart:t, as to whose duty it was to report the

same to the district 7:;:uveyor, or other authorities, and

whether any neglect or unn,ilessary delay had ocuJrred in
taking the requisite measures in thi,3 arid to repot."
The committee stated that they had carefully examined
the circumstances of the case, and had been atteAed by
Mr. John Young, the district surveyor, Mr. Lightfoot, his
clerk, and Mr. Jenkins, the beadle of Lang,bourne Ward,
whom they had heard upon the subject. Tho committee
went at some length into the evidence submitted to them,
the substance of which was that the clerk to the

district surveyor went to the fire i about 3 o'clock in the
afternoon of Thursday, the 15th inst., and found the walls

and timber in a very elfingerous state. Tile firemen were
then pulling about the ruins, but he warned them to desist
as their lives were in dangei, and be also cautioned the
people in the vicinity. Immediately afterwards he got Mt.
Young's authority to take the necessary steps for securing
the walls, and obtained similar power from the surveyor to
the Commissioners of Sewers; that he afterwards went to
the contractor, Mr. Crook, took him to the ruins, and in-
structed him" to shore up and board in, which was done
early on Friday morning. He further stated that when he
communicated with the firemen on Thursday afternoon
they stated they would resume their digging when the ruins
were made secure, but they never did, and on the Friday
he told the firemen that they might work with safety at It
part of the ruins, but they did not do so. Mr. Young in-
formed the committee that he was told by Mr. Oxford that
the assurance company would not take any steps because
they were informed there was no salvage, and they had
made up their minds to a total loss. Mr. Jenkins, the ward
beadle, stated that he did not consider it any part of his
duty to communicate with the district surveyor when afire
took place in the ward; but if be knew of such, and of the
ruins being in a dangerous state, he said he should do so
as a matter of propriety. He had informed the deputy of
the ward on the Friday morning, and had told him of the
bodies being buried in the ruins, and he got shells ready to
receive them. He saw the place boarded in on Friday, and
on Saturday he asked Mr. Pardoe, foreman of the firemen,
what he was going to do about the bodies. To that Mr.
Pardoe replied, Who is going to pay us for it?' when he
(Jenkins) answered, If I were you I would not make a
pounds, shillings, and pence matter of it.' Pardoe said ho
had his orders from Capt. Shaw not to put any men on un-
til he knew who would pay the cost. Having considered
those statements and examined the facts, the committee re-
ported that it certainly was not the duty of the district sur-
veyor in such cases to employ men to dig for the remains of
persons supposed to have been buried in the ruins of a fire.
The ruins in such case were the property of the owner or of
the assurance company, if insured, who, if there was salvage
to claim, would undoubtedly prevent any one but their own
servants from interfering. In the present case the assurance
company, finding there was no salvage, had withdrawn. their
men from the work ; and until the Court interfered, from
motives of humanity, and directed, under the peculiar cir-
cumstances, their contractors to dig for the bodies, no ono
but the assurance office, or the owners, could have been
legally justified in doing so. The committee addedthat thsol
were glad to be able to report that there did not appear in
the case to have been any delay at all on the part of the
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district surveyor, or of any of the officers of the Commis-
sion, in carrying into effect the powers the Court had in
reference to dangerous structures. But they were of opinion
that the firemen, who, being on the spot, had the earliest
knowledge of danger arising from the condition of the ruins,
should on all such occasions immediately communicate with
the district surveyor, that the proper steps might be taken
to secure them."

Deputy FARRAR suggested that not only should the fire-
men be required to give information to the district surveyor
in cases of this kind, but that the police authorities should
also be asked to give similar information.
It.was then decided that a copy of the report should be
sent to Capt. Shaw and Col. Fraser, the Commissioners of
Police, with a suggestion that they should, in cases of this
sort, give immediate information to the district surveyor.
At the instance of Deputy SNELLING, it was resolyed—
" That the Remembrancer do apply to the Secretary of
State for the Home Department to procure the insertion of a
clause in the bill now before Parliament for constituting a
Metropolitan Fire Brigade to render it the duty of such fire
brigade on all occasions when persons are believed to have
been buried in the ruins of any building destroyed by fire,
to dig and search for such persons immediately that it is
possible for them to db so."
SANITARY CONDITION OF THE CITY.

Dr. LETIIEBY reported on the condition of 237 houses
that had been inspected during the week, and ho submitted
about 50 places for sanitary improvement. He also reported
that he had visited the premises of the gated Bread Com-
pany in Beech-lane, Barbican, and inquired into the matter
of the dangerous nuisance arising from the discharge of
acid refuse into the sewers, and he found that about one in
every six or seven days there was discharged from the car-
bonic acid generator about half a ton of the spent mixture
of whiting and oil of vitriol, which were used in generating
carbonic acid gas. The mixture was a little overcharged
with sulphuric acid, and this rendered it dangerous to the
men in the sewers. Ile therefore recommended that orders
be given for the abatement of the nuisance, by the use of a
smaller quantity of acid, so that the refuse might be always
freed from acidity by an excess of whiting.
The suggestion of the medical officer was at once agreed
to, and the necessary order was issued accordingly.
Dr. LETIIEBY further reported that the markets and
slaughter-houses had been duly inspected, and the officers
had condemned 3,547 lbs. of meat as unfit for human food.
It consisted of 4 sheep, 2 calves, 6 pigs, 25 quarters of beef,
and 7 joints of meat ; 1,072 lbs. were diseased, 1,758 lbs
were putrid, and the rest was from animals that had died
from accident or disease. Forty-one births and 30 deaths
were registered in the City during the week. The mortality
returns are much below the average (52) for the correspond-
ing period of the last nine years. Thirteen, or nearly half
of the number of deaths, were among children of less than
five years of age, and 2 among persons of 60 and upwards.
The chief causes of death were as follows :—Phthisis, 6 ;
mesenteric disease, 4 ; hydrocephalus, 3 ; bronchitis, 1 ;
continued fever, 2 ; whooping-cough and measles, of each,
1; making together 13 deaths from tubercular diseases, 1
from inflammatory affections of the lungs, and only 4 from
diseases of a zymotic character. These returns indicated a
satisfactory state of the public health.
The Commissioners, after transacting some other busi-
ness, adjourned.

PLYMOUTH, TUESDAY.—The auxiliary screw
steamship Royal Standard, 2,000 tons register, Capt.
Dowell, R.N.R., belonging to the White Star Company of
Liverpool, which left Melbourne on the 2d of April, ar-
rived in the Sound this morning, with 80,000 oz. of gold, a
carge of wool, bark, copper ore,.hides, tanned leather, &c.,
and 350 passengers, among whom is Master John Day, the
champion pedestrian in Australia, who is accompanied by
his father and a trainer. The champion is said to have
beaten all colonial pedestrians, including adults ; he is nine
-years old, 3ft. 9in. in height, and weighs 541 b. The Royal
Standard rounded Cape Horn on the 2d of May, crossed the
line on the 28th, and coaled at Fayal and left there on the
17th of June. Having experienced calms in the North and
South Atlantic, she has steamed nearly all the distance from
the Horn. She spoke May 27, lat. 237 S., long. 26 33 W.,
the ship Leichardt, from Glasgow for Sydney; 28th, lat.
0 15 S., long. 26 40 W., the ship George Crowshaw, from
London for Calcutta ; June 4, lat. 21 24 N., long. 39 30 W.,
the schooner Christina, 36 days from Rio Janeiro, for Ham-
burg; Bth, let. 26 17 N.; long. 41 13 W., the bark Iron
Gem, 21 days from Montevideo, for London ; and 26th, off
the Lizard, at noon, the ship Liverpool, for London.
The ship the Lord Warden, 1,237 tens register, Captain
Consite, belonging to Messrs. Green, of Blackwall, London,
and a cargo of sugar, cotton, and indigo, was off Falmouth
with troops yesterday at noon. Her troops include 192 men,
women, and children, invalids from various regiments,
under the command of Captain Bradish. The other passen-
gers are Mrs. Campbell and seven children, Mrs. Bradish
and two children, Lieutenant and Mrs. Healey and two
children, the Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Sanders and ten children,
the Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Taylor and four children, the Rev.
Mr. and Mrs. Bilderbeck and two children, Mr. and Mrs.
Taylor, Mr. Taylor, jun., and two children; Mr. Ward,
Lieutenant Whitehead, 66th ; Lieutenant Hall, 66th ;
Lieutenant Morragh, 38th Native Infantry ; and Lieutenant
Campbell, 25th Native Infantry. The Lord Warden sailed
from Madras February 28, rounded the Cape of Good Hope
April 26, touched at St. Helen's May 10, sailed therefrom
on the 11th, and crossed the Equator May 20. Light winds
and calms were experienced throughout the passage. She
spoke, May 25, lat. 6 20 N., long. 25 55 W., the barque
Caprera, from St. John's, New Brunswick, the Belgian
barque Jeanne of Anvers, and the English ship Sea Horse;
27th, lat. 10 47 N., long. 30 21 W., the Danish brig Maria
Lehmann, from Rio Janeiro for Falmouth ; June 12, lat.
41 45 N., long. 26 58 W., the English barque Blanch, from
Gaboon River for Cork ; 18th, lat. 49 3 N., long. 21 -50
W., the English barque Galpurnia, 12 days from London
for Quebec, and the steamer Fairy Queen, from Jamaica
for Liverpool.
ST. HELENA.—A letter from St. Helena states
that the anniversary of Napoleon's death was cele-
brated with proper solemnity on the sth. By a remarkable
coincidence a vessel earning the staff and Ist Battalion of
the 66th English Regiment reached the island on that day.
It was by a company of this very regiment, then in garri-
son at St. Helena, that Napoleon's remains were carried,
on the sth May, 1821, from Longwood to the Valley of the
Tomb. All the officers and men of the 66th immediately
after landing made a pilgrimage to the tomb. The same
letter says that the house of the Vice-Consul of France, in
which Napoleon passed his first night after landing at
St. Helena, was entirely destroyed by fire on the 2d of
pril.

THIRD EJMTIO.

SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLoci:.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day.

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.
STOCKBRIDGE RACES-THIS DAY.
HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES.

Jassy
St. Vincent

Cedric

Harcourt.
Columbia .

Tippler

Nine ran.
11IBURY lIANDICAP.

1

CHAMPAGNE STAKES.

Y.Monarque
IVhaleboue
Stockbridge

Pun; r;ui,

NEWCASTLE RACES—This DAY.
BLACK DIAMOND HANDICAP.

Wangle Eye
Madras
Well Done

Ten ran.
GRAND STAND STAKES.

Blue Riband
Vulture
Limber Magna
Four ran.
NORTIMMBEtLAND rT..\TE.

Brown, Bread
Caller "Oil
)51acbetit

Ten nin.

The above are the only races received up to the time of
our going to press.,

LOSS of the Ship Evening Star.

SOUTHAMPTON, June 28

The British ship Evening Star, bound for Cowes,
with guano, foundered at sea, 500 miles W.S.W. of
Callao, on the 28th of April. The crew took to
the boats. The captain's boar was_ picked up eight
days after by H.M.S. Shearwater.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This day

LONDON, Juno 28.—Wind this day at noon—North-
Easterly ; moderate breeze, and fine weather, but rather
cloudy.
QUEENSTOWN', June 27.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—City
of Cork, screw steamer, from New York, and proceeded
for Liverpool.

PouTaxounr, June 27.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Eme-
rald, from Callao.

PLYMoUTII, June 26.—Wind E.—Arrived—Yorkshire,
from London for Melbourne.

SOUTHAMPTON, June 27.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Ripon,
steamer, for Alexandria.

BRISTOL, June 26.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—America,
from Barbadoes. June 27.—Arrived—Lady Seymour,
steamer, from Quebec.
Orr FALMOUTH, June 27.—Wind S.—Arrived—Cecile,
from Cuba.

SWANSEA, June 27.—Wind W.S.W.—ArriTed—Ebe,
from Quebec. Sailed—Shanghai, for Valparaiso; Roman,
for Monte Video.

FALMOUTH, June 27.—Wind S.—Arrived—Alexander
11., from Cardenas.

NEWPORT, June 27.—Wind W.S.W.— Sailed. Betty
Russell, for Madeira and Lio Janeiro; England, for Hali-
fax, N.S.
CARDIFF, June 27.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Excelsior,
from Santander; Cambrian, from Quebec. Sailed—St.
Louis, for Martinique.
DuLLI.N.r, June 27.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Rockanny,
from Quebec.
Hum., June 27.—Wind S.S.E.—Arrived—Equator,
from Quebec.

DARTzttounr, June 27.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Brittab.
Empire, from Quebec.

BE MAGNETIC TELEGEAPII.

GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning.

Arrived, June 27.—Augusta, from Memel ; Foradia, from
Brussels ; Alice, from Christiania ; Ariel, from Stockholm ;
Jessie, from Prince Edward's Island ; Hendrick and Übbo,
from Norden ; Margaret Coter, from Aalborg ; Countess of
Seafield, from Dantzic.
Arrived, Juno 28.—Cores, from Kolding ; Anna Maria,
from Cionstadt ; Polly, from Mogador ; Maria, from
Horsens ; Augusta, from St. John's ; Petremillo, from
Groningen ; Catherine, from Calmer ; Orient, from Riga ;
Cologne, from Rotterdam.

DEAL, Wednesday Morning.
Passed—Pembrokeshire, from Loudon, for Adelaide;
Speck, of Portsmouth, from the west for the north.

Liverpool Cotton Market —This Day.

Market rather quiet on receipt of American news,
and prices are a shade easier. Cotton more fully
offered. Sales, 10,000 or 20,000-bales.

Foreign Mail Packet List.

Australia and New Zealand, via Southampton June —.
Ditto, via Marseilles June —.
Brazil and Cape Verds, by British pac et July 4.
Ditto, by French packet
Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St Helena July 22.
China, Penang. and Singap ire, via Sou hampton July 2
Ditto, via Marseilles June 26.
Faikland Islands
Gibraltar, via Southampton
India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via SJuthaing ton July 11.
Ditto, via Marseilles
India (13,,mbay), via Southampton. June 25.
Ditto, via siarseliles
Mauritius, via Southampton
Ditto, via Marseil c July 6.
Newfoundland July 5.
Portugal
Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon...
United btates and British North America, t. y Bri-
tish packet . • ...June 23,
Ditto, by United States packet, via Southamp-

tcn

Ditto, via Cork
Ditto, by Canadian packet, via Londonderry.. June 30.
West Coast of Africa, Madeira, and T,nefiffe July 12.
West Indies and Pacific (except Baba uas, Cuba,
and Mexico June 24.
Bahamas, via New York. June 2).
Bermuda, ditt0...
Cuba and Mexico

ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.—The scientific •
and general meeting of this society took place yes-
terday, Lord Henry Gordon Lennox, M.P., in the chair,
when a few new fellows were elected, including the Dowa-
ger Lady Suffield, (&c. There was a very interesting exhi-
bition of new and rare plants, which were commented on
by the Rev.'Joshua Dix and Mr. George F. Wilson. Mr.
James Bateman and Major Trevor Clarke each gave a short
lecture.
BURGLARY AT WOOLWICH.—A most audacious
burglary and robbery took place early on Saturday
morning in the official mansion occupied by Major-General
Wards, Commandant of Woolwich garrison. Notwith-
standing the constant attendance of a sentry stationed at'
the front entrance, the depredators gained admission unob-
served at the back of the premises, and penetrates noise-
lessly to the drawing and reception rooms, which they
literally stripped, and to the basement floor, whence they
carried off property valued at from .£lOO to £5OO, includ-
ing some relics and heirlooms in family plate and jewellry,
besides bank-notes and a small sum of gold. A crowbar
and piece of candle were found in one of the rooms, but no
trace has been discovered of the stolen property.
RAILWAY COLLISION.—In the paragraph pub-
lished yesterday, giving an account of an accident on a
branch line passing through Hatcham New Town, it was
inadvertently described as a branch of the South-iastern
Railway. The line referred to is not on the South-Eastern,
nor is there any connection with it.
ARRIVAL OF DR. PRICHARD IN EDINBURGH.—On
Monday morning Dr. Pritchard was brought to
Edinburgh by the first train from Glasgow, which reached
the Waverley-bridge station at 9 15 a.m. He was in charge
of a sheriff officer and two assistants, to one of whom he was
handcuffed. The passengers in the train had become aware
that Dr. Prichard was in one of the carriages, and on the
officer alighting with his prisoner a considerable number
gathered eagerly round to see him pass upstairs to the
street. The prisoner seemed to smile at the curiosity ma-
' nifested by the passengers, and talked apparently at his ease
to the officer as he proceeded to the cab which was in wait-
ing at the front of the station. He was at once conveyed
to Calton gaol, where he will remain till Monday next,
when his trial commences before the High Court of Jos-
ticiaxy.—Scotsman.
NOBLE TRADERS.—Some forty years ago the man
about town, one of the most brilliant of dandies,
and the idlest and poorest of well-born " fashionables,"
wedded the daughter of amen in a lucrative but not a dig-
nified business. The dandy addressed himself to master
its details, and for 30 years he has himself been at the head
of it. There are scores of scions of good stock whose re-
venues come from the counting-house, and who make no
secret of it. Others are a little ashamed of their position.
One of the oldest wholesale and retail firms in London is
carried on under names whose owners were gathered to
their fathers a century ago. The real proprietors are never
seen upon the premises, and the highly salaried niauager
of the business is bound never to reveal their names or
whereabouts. By-and-bye they will know better and be
ashamed of their wealmus.—iithenxvm.