The Sun.
London, England, 1853-02-15 00:00:00

THE SEWERS COMMISSION.

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Yesterday, at 12 o'clock, was appointed by Vim fro
fro
Palmerston to receive deputations at the Home-officef the
the various metropolitan. parishes, on the subject
mismanagement of the Metropolitan Sewers Con"n' of
and the police of the metropolis ; but in consequence
the indisposition of the noble Home Secretary, the derp
tions, instead of being received at his official residence The
to proceed to his private residence in Carlton-gardens• or
deputation, consisting of delegates from nearly °Yely
tropolitan parish, numbered upwards of 100 gentlemen' e
Mr. NrcHoLAT, who attended to represent MarYlebucollta:
complained of the abuses connected with the Sewer the
mission, and said that, upon this and other questions,
entire metropolis asked for " local representation. jog,
lordship was also addressed by Mr. T. Smith, Sir B•
M.P., Mr. C. Genge, Lord D. Stuart, M.P., Mr. "
hams, M.P.
ntletneu
Viscount PALMERSTON said that most of the for*
present were, no doubt, aware that his attention gem
series of years been so much engaged with affairs *llO- at
that he had had but little opportunity of making hitatar.)
present thoroughly conversant with things at home. (r.„Dics
He had, however, paid implicit attention to all the -c to
touched upon in the speeches which had been address:a he
him, and for the valuable information they cootnium be
felt himself deeply indebted. He should feel it
,f6ce
his duty, as it was his inclination, to exercise the the
he then held to the best of his energy and ability wos
public advantage. (Cheers.) In order to do this, hea the
most anxious to hear the expression of the opinions en.ninell
feeling of the public at large, and therefore he was ; to
obliged to those gentlemen who had come there that dy
give him practical information which he should, DO ta).
find exceedingly useful to him as a guide. (Hear, which
There were two matters of a
prominent character obi°
could not fail to attract his attention —one to which his u the
friend (Lord Dudley Stuart) had called his attentionbeea
other night and one to which his attention had to et
called by the deputation that day, namely the - the
the refuse of the living, and the state of the repine:oost
dead. (Hear). He (the noble lord) should be most arising
in his endeavours to get rid of the nuissil_,,ees with
from those two causes. As to the manner of (17714., .neeicl,cd
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soe
farw a
prepared not at theas
ing would be of any advantage mnst be 011"enlire,
system and one great and comprehensive
ine-voe
tpe: present
t that womenno-02 tuto°,ri
whether under representative control or not. "' he
the question of local government or centralisation'
t;1
begged them to understand that he was not cOirrell
any opinion. As to the police, he had always undersor
they were a well conducted body. There might be °0
tions, but being new in his present office, he would eitirci
every inquirj into the statements laid before him,
,der
into the question as to the police rate, which be rote
stood to be divided into three parts, namely, the side
ØØUnca,'
of the metropolis—how the balance had been exPee ` 4 its
and whether the police in its organisation had res.n"
the
purpose. (Hear.)
patience with which he had bete... oa
fothratnhkes being offered by the deputation.
_ntcoa to
noAblevoltoerdof
them for nearly two hours, the deputation witinir,°."ra'teis.
proceeded to the official residence of the Chief t4lO sate°
sioner of Public Works, Sir W. Molesworth, on tho,tll,,c,
errand. The right hon. baronet expressed a hoPethe OPP
would be able to introduce some measure to meet
complained of. _

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THE ROYAL LONDON OPHTHALMIC HOSPrri--*-; 0.,
annual general meeting of the friends and sup Porte at of
this institution was held yesterday, in the board-re°'_,oo
the hospital, Bloomfield-street, Moorfields. Therelecof
large attendance of governors, and the chair wo,fan. heel'
the Rev. John
yussell, D.D. The meetinghav'ne'd the
duly constituted, the secretary read the minutes ,(hich
previous quarterly and other special meetings ; after 0)
the medical report was read, which stated, fltt,ehr, /0;
that the number of patients admitted during' ''"e bad
ceding 12 months was 10,295; in addition, tlifhteorf
been 200 sufferers who had been seen by the aPel'oyiolis
after hours. The number admitted during the Prix be"
year was 11,071, show an increase during the Ye`tieat4
fore of 476. The total number of in and out Pa 6004
during the last 12 months was 10,939. The oPesrt:rott
performed for that distressing complaint, 'o re"
during the year had been no fewer than 171. ids °ll4,
ceipts for the 12 months, in the shape of divides
stock, subscriptions, and donations, with the halal' 10dd
the previous year, made a total of 1,0871. 1.35i,1"35i
The expenditure was:—Balance brought down, 50;
sd. ; in the hands of the matron, with the bankers',o
the purchase of stock, made the total 1,0696,',„,fe
The funded property of the charity was as 02,7 I`4s;
2,2501. in the Reduced Three per Cents. ; 4,°`)-0-4usrtke
9d., ditto; 3,6061. 19s. 11d. in the Three-and-a" --stoe''t.
per Cents. ; and 9121. 16s. 2d. in the South Sea to °'
The various officers having been appointed, After
thanks were passed to the medical attendailts'.o33o)
which a similar compliment was paid to the chai
and the proceedings terminated.
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SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING THE AMENDMENT of r
Lew.—Yesterday evening a general meeting cietl°
members of this association was held at the s°ht thi
rooms, 21, Regent-street—Mr. T. W. Koe, Q•C''orcift
chair. The report on the " Assimilation of C°Vl r 56'
Law" was presented by the committee on coullil9,os't
jurisprudence, the document being read by Or. the 1/(1
The report was of a purely historical nature,
with sion.
stadium gained having been the interview Ng,' to cof,,
Derby, and the promise of the late Governine.%. Itt'of
sider the propriety of appointing a comp/01°4ov? o,
Hawes, in urging the necessity of bringing tilleegislior
mercantile men to bear upon ,commercial „toes
tot
pointed to the evident impropriety of an ex-L(i foi
(Lord St. Leonardo) giving notice to resell' ,icrar
passed with so much difficulty as was the 13:0051101
Consolidation Act, and this without taking fessi°o,
the commercial community. A report en Pi 3.
remuneration was afterwards read by Mr. 1‘
THE INDIA AND CAPE MAILS.—SOUTHA.° s,„,
ca,
day, Feb. 14.—The General Screw ComPalrooalil terhe
ship Queen of the South, W. H. NormalLienocoillharo,
took her departure this afternoon for St. 10 01
Cape of Good Hope, the Mauritius, CeYi°be'ewbarf the
and Calcutta, the mails for which places will Queen °ooof.
at Plymouth on Tuesday (this day.) The Ito
South takes out 73 'passengers, specie vale et gut °I
sterling, for Madras and Calcutta, 450 bott
ureweo the
silver for Calcutta, and about 300 tons meal 101400
general cargo, comprising bale and case g°,'', Inclithe
Cape and India. The company's steam-slurwithlot
will be due at Plymouth on the 26th just" ,riie the
mails from India, Mauritius, and the CaPe:,,,kaill
outward mails of the 15th of March will be 14'
Lady Jocelyn, Captain Stewart. F1413:00°
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AUSTRALIAN EMIGRATION.—SOUTHAg- -vr one,,dy
--A fine ship, of 740 tons register, an Dooharifoci"
tons burden, belonging to Messrs. Dunean'eharle° the
Sons, of Limehouse, named the .Ramilies, front for
der, commander, arrived here yesterda),:raigran'
Thames to embark a full complement of yesterday
Adelaide from the Government emigTati°nto s regider'
Harriett, a large Quebec-built ship, of 925
ovorollotl'
and 1,200 tons burden, W. J. Shad dick, or
raja
will leave Southampton on Tuesday afterigi: Oct°, ;31/
nesday morning with over 400 souls, etltTtiou, ser:
to the Emigration Commissioners' cemPf,iiies th,tl
statute adults, for Sydney. Both the Ra'."pryscr
•
riett are to be dispatched by Mr. George Do
of tistelle oe
agent at Southampton; the embarka!ent„. 1134
grants being superintended by the Governoran, 11.1"'doe
officers, presided over by Lieutenant
ship Coromandel 639 tons register, The Thiel'eory;
Southampton, and daily expected filar' The ). siollerhe
embark emigrants for Hobart Town:,
ooloou.s
Dutch ship, of 700 tons, chartered by roll°
and bound for Sidney, will be due
a"ot,, rho
1;0
7th of March, to take on board erogr ng 100
Northam, near nMeaarrySouGthreaemnp, tolin°,wbadsißltTheeitiltlitl'f,s)Ptcd
for the conveyance of emigrants from
depot for Adelaide.