The Sun.
London, England, 1865-07-14 00:00:00

The Prince and Princess of Wales.

The Prince of 'Wales presided at a meeting, held
at Marlborough House yesterday, of the provi-
sional committee of the Centre Hall of Arts and
Sciences.

His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge
visited the Prince and Princess of Wales at Marl-
borough House.
The Prince and Princess of Wales, with Prince
Albert Victor and Prince George of Wales, left
Marlborough House in the afternoon, for Osborne,
Isle of Wight.

The Countess de Grey and Major Grey were in
attendance.

The Marquis and Marchioness of Kildare, who
arrived in town from Ireland a few days back, intend to
remain until after the 20th inst.

The Earl of Chesterfield left town on Tuesday
to join the Earl and Countess of Cardigan's party at Deane
Park, Northamptonshire.

The Duke of Leinster intends to leave town early
in the ensuing month for his seat in Ireland.

The Duchess of Roxburghe, who is at present
residing at Broxmouth Park, Dunbar, is expected to pay a
visit to Floors Castle this week.

The Duchess de Coigny has arrived at the St.
George's Hotel.

The Marquis of Exeter left town on Tuesday in
order to receive a distinguished company during the race
meeting at Stamford.

The Earl and Countess of Minto, with their
family, will arrive at Minto House, Eavricic, next week,
from Hastings, where they are spending a few days prior
to returning to Scotland.

The Earl and Countess of Home, Lord Douglas,
and the Ladies Home, have arrived at The Hirse], Cold-
stream, from London.

City Sewers Commission.

The Commissioners of Sewers of the City of London met
at the Guildhall on Tuesday last, for the despatch of publio
business. Deputy Obbard was called upon to preside.
The proceedings commenced by the reading of the new
Commission, which was sealed by order of the last Court of
Common Council, and which was specially prepared to
obviate a difficulty which arose upon a recent occasion upon
the hearing of a summons taken out by the Commissioners
against the Chartered Gas Company at the Guildhall Police-
court, when the case was stopped by the presiding Alder-
man, who ruled that as he himself was a member of the
Commission of Sewers, he could not give judgment in a case
in which they as a body were interested. Under these cir-
cumstances, at the suggestion of the Court of Aldermen
and of a committee of the Common Council, it was decided
that the names of the four senior and four junior aldermen
should be omitted from the Commission, in order that they
might hoar any case that might arise in future. The new
Commission contained the names of the following members
of the Corporation :

The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, Mr. Alderman Sidney,
M.P. ; Sir F. G. Moon, Bart. ; Mr. Alderman Salomons,
M.P. ; Mr. Alderman Finnis, Sir R. W. Carden, Mr. Al-
derman Carte; Mr. Alderman Rose, Mr. Alderman W.
Lawrence, M.P., Mr. Alderman Phillips, the Recorder,
Russell Gurney, Esq., Q.C., Mr. Alderman Allen, Mr. Al-
derman Mechi, Mr. Alderman J. C. Lawrence, Mr. Alder-
man and Sheriff Bosley, the Common Sergeant, Mr. Thos.
Chambers, Q.C., M.P., and the following members of the
Court of Common Council •

Aldersgate Ward—J. Lorkin, Esq., deputy ;H. Do
Jersey, Esq., deputy ; and Mr. IL J. Chaplin.
Aldgate—Blomfield Burnell, Esq., deputy; and Mr. W.
H. Teulon.

Bassishaw—Charles E. Fuller, Esq., deputy ; and Mr. W.
Lister.

Billingsgate—Benjamin Bower, Esq., deputy; and Mr. J.
T. Young.
Bishopsgate Within—Wm. Jones, Esq., deputy ; and
Mr. Samuel Straker.

Bishopsgato Without—Thomas Scambler Owden, Esq.,
deputy ; and Mr. J. Thomas.

Bread-street—W. Ilawtroy, Eaq., deputy; and Mr. Alfred
J. Cole.

Bridge—Charles Whetham, Esq., deputy ; and Mr. J.
W. Ellis.

Candlewick—John H. Elliott, Esq., deputy ; and Mr.
J. K. Farlow.

Castle Baynard—Frederick Farrar, Esq., deputy ; and
Mr. Benjamin Blakosley.
Cheap—W. Tegg, Esq., deputy ; and Mr. J. Bennett.
Coleman-street—Joseph Perkins, Esq., deputy ; and Mr.
Jesse Hobson.
Cordwainer—Thomas Lott, Esq., deputy ; and Mr. W.
Croucher.
Cornhill—Samuel E. Atkins, Esq., deputy ; and Mr. J.
Waterlow.

Cripplegate Within—Herbert Lloyd, Esq., deputy, and
Mr. Benjamin Spilsbury.
Cripplegate Without—Septimus Read, Esq., deputy ;
and Mr. H. Nind.

Dowgate—Thomas White, Esq., deputy ; and Henry
Kebhel, Esq.
Farringdon Within--Charles Reed, Esq., deputy ; and
Mr. F. F. Cox and Mr. G. Botterill.
Farringdon Without—Robert Obbard, Esq., deputy ;
George Scamell, Esq., deputy ; Mr. G. Walter and Mr. S.
Green.
Langbourn—Thomas Snelling, Esq., deputy ; and Mr.
Charles Sully.
Lime-street—Daniel Cork, Esq., deputy ; and Mr. T.
Symonds.
Portsoken—G. Bone, Esq., deputy ; and Mr. H. A.
Israel.
Queenhitho—Wm. Rathbone, Esq., deputy ; and Mr.
Thomas Burrows.
Tower—J. Malcolm, Esq., deputy ; and Mr. J. S.
Banning.
Vintry—Charles Gammon, Esq., deputy ; and Mr. W.
D. White.
Walbrook—Thomas H. Fry, Esq., deputy; and Mr. H.
E. Murrell.
In addition to the above, Mr. H. Lowman Taylor and
Mr. J. E. Saunders, two of the representatives of the City
at the Metropolitan Board of Works, are ex officio members
of the. Commission.
The Commission having been read by Mr. Daw, the
principal clerk,
Mr. Deputy De Jersey was unanimously re-chosen as
chairman during the continuance of the Commission.
The usual officers were then re-elected, and some other
business of a purely routine character was disposed.of.
The Improvement Committee presented a report, in which
they recommended the Court to agree to an expenditure Of
1.00 and £435 respectively, for the purpose of widening
Tokenhouse-yard and London-wall, Aldermanbury.
Both recommendations were agreed to without any op-
position.

Dr. LETHEBY, the medical officer, reported that 223 houses
had been inspected during the week, and he submitted a
list of 75 places for sanatory improvement. He added,
that a complaint hid been made of a nuisance caused by
the storage and removal of bones and fat at the shop of Mr.
Jackson, in Fleet-lane ; and he recommended that orders
should be given for the storage of the bones in tarred bags,
and that they be removed from the premises at least twice
a week in the bags in which they had been stored.
The suggestion of the medical officer was at once adopted.
Dr. LETHEBY stated that the markets and slaughter-houses
had been duly inspected, and the officers had condemned
16,1031 b. or upwards of 7 tons of meat as unfit for human
food; most of it was in a putrid condition from the exces-
sive warmth of the weather. It consisted of 68 sheep, 3
calves, 9 pigs, 100 quarters of beef, and 161 joints of meat.
He also reported that the slaughterhouses in Newgate-
market and in Warwick-lane were in a dangerously filthy
condition from the large amount of slaughtering done in
them, and from the neglect of the orders issued by the com-
mission for the cleanliness of thorn. He recommended that
the owners should be summoned before the magistrate for
the neglect complained of.
The recommendation of the medical officer was agreed to.
Dr. LETHEBY then drew attention to the fact that on
Tuesday morning four quarters of a heifer that had died of
disease were seized at the shop of Mr.Jeffries in Leadenhall-
market, where it was cut up and publicly exposed for sale.
At the same time also two pigs that had died of disease were
handed to the inspector by a salesman of the market who
had received them from the country for sale. Both of these
cases required further inquiry with a view to legal proceed-
ibgs.

Last week there were 63 births, and 59 deaths registered
in the City.
The mortality returns are nearly the average of the cor-
responding period of the last nine years-28, or nearly half
of the deaths were among children of less than five years of
age, and 10 among persons of 60 and upwards. The chief
causes of death were as follows :—Phthisis, 5, mesenteric)
disease 4, pneumonia 6, bronchitis 1, whooping cough 4,
croup 1, continued fever 1, and the diarrhcea of infants 7.
Dr. LETIIEBY further reported that the illuminating power
of the gas supplied to the city during the past weak had
been in every case above the requirements of the act, the
average being nearly 14 candles, but the amount of sulphur
in the Chartered and Great Central gas had been in exceso
of the quantity sanctioned by Parliament, and the proper'
tion of ammonia in the Chartered gas had also been excessiire
The Commissioners shortly afterwards adjourned.