The Sun.
London, England, 1854-09-28 00:00:00

CITY COURT OF SEWERS.

A court was held yesterdan Deputy Peacock in the
chair.

THE TOWER DOCK.
Mr. HAYWOOD, the engineer to the commissioner,
presented the report upon the condition of the Tower
Dock, inquired into in consequence of ;1 letter from Lord
Palmerston.
Some conversation took place amongst the commis-
sioners upon the matter alluded to in the report, and
was stated that the commissioners had originally desired
to have the power to convey sewage by culverts in sucl,
cases as the present, to low-water mark in the river, bin
that the granting of such power was objected to at
the time their bill was in Parliament, and therefore theN
did not feel themselves authorised to execute works of
the kind beyond the wharf walls. It was ultimate])
agreed to refer it to a committee, to arrange, if possible.
to have a culvert constructed to effect the desired object,
and Mr. Daw (the chief clerk) was instructed to send a
copy of Mr. Haywood's report to Lord Palmerston.

BLAcKWALL RAILWAY NUISANCE.
Heavy complaints were made against the directors of
the Blackwall Railway Company, in consequence of the
long-continued existence of a most filthy and abominatle
nuisance under the arches of the Blackwall Railway, in
Crutch ed-friars.
Mr. WHITESIDE, an indefatigable member of the court,
said the people who travelled by the Blackwall Railway
were not aware of the tact that, immediately underneath
the terminus in Fenchurch-street, and contiguous to
their waiting rooms, those arches were made the reposi-
tory of dead cats and dogs and putrid filth of all descrip-
tions and varieties, as well as the scene of the most dis-
gusting immoralities by day and night.
It was finally agreed that the company should be
called upon to abate the nuisance within 48 hours, and
informed that if they did not comply with the order
peremptory steps should be adopted against them.
Several owners of houses and premises were sum-
moned for not having carried out sanitary works required
to Le done by the commissioners, and in all cases they
were ordered peremptorily to execute the same, and
informed that if they he,itated the commis.ionera would
do what they considered to be necessary to the public
safety, and sue the proprietors for all the costs incurred.

MEETING OF IRON MASTERS.—A meeting of some of
the principal iron masters is said to have been proposed
in London, with the view of their appointing a commis-
sion to test the value of a new patent process for the
manufacture of steel, lately introduced into France by
M. Adrien Chenot. M. Chenot asserts that, by his
system, which principally consists in an application cf
electricity, he can produce steel of a superior quality Lt
less than a third of its present cost, and in one-fourth of
the time now required. Some quantities of this steel are
stated to have been already delivered to French mann-
facturerc

NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.
The Powerful, 84, Captain Massie, bent sails at Ports-
mouth yesterday morning, and was towed to Spithead in
the afternoon.
The Malacca, 17, screw, Captain Farquhar, has replaced
the propelling shaft with new links, and she will now come
out of dock as perfect as possible.
The Miranda, 15, screw-corvette, Captain Lyons, arrived
at Spithead yesterday morning from the Nore, and after
discharging her powder went into harbour to repair cer-
tain defects. It is reported that Captain Lyons will have
the honour of a Companionship of the Bath conferred upon
him for his gallant exploits in the White Sea. He is the
son of Rear-Admiral of the Red Sir Edmund M. Lyons,
G.C.8., K.C.M.G., Second in Command of the British
fleet in the Black Sea.
The Stromboli, 6, paddle steam-sloop, Commander
Robert Hall, left Spithead yesterday morning for the
Black Sea.
The Hannibal was put out of the fitting basin at Sheer-
ness yesterday. Her lower deck guns are to be put into
lighters, and sent on board forthwith. Every exertion is
being made to get her away with all possible despatch.
The Horatio is refitting rigging in the same basin, and
has not yet been taken into duck.
The Joseph Shepherd has arrived off Woolwich from
Deptford for the purpose of embarking troops for the seat
of war.
The Columbine transport has arrived at Boulogne from
marsund, with the trophies taken from the Russians by
the French troops.