The Sun.
London, England, 1853-10-12 00:00:00

REPORT AS TO A CITY CEMETERY.

Mr. DAW then read the report of the Committee upon
Improvements, to whom on the 28th of September, 1852,
it was referred to inquire into the preliminary matters
in relation to providing a cemetery for the city of Lon-
don, under the act of Parliament 15th and 16th Victoria,
cap. 85, and to report, do certify that we have, from
time to time, met to inquire into and consider the vari-
ous particulars connected with this very important ques-
tion.

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The following are the principal parts of the doom
ment :

" Having agreed in opinion that any cemetery should
be surrounded by a belt of land, of considerable depth,
to be applied either for ornamental planting, or retained)uilding
as pasture land, so as to prevent persons
too closely to the depository for the dead, i it follows that
a fitting plot of ground for a cemetery for this City
should not be less than from 100 to 120 acres in super-
ficial area ; and we are also of opinion that it should be
immediately contiguous to a railway, so as to afford the
greatest access for all parties from the City.
"Upon coming to these conclusions, we directed the
clerk to advertise in the public journals, for a plot of
freehold ground, of such an extent, limiting the locality
to the north of the river Thames, which, for many rea-
sons, we considered most eligible, and, considering that
it ought to be as near to the City of London as we could
obtain it, we directed the limit of distance to be eight
miles from the General Post-office. These particulars
we also communicated to the Chief Estate Agents in
London.
"The result has been that we have had communica-
tions thereupon, from different parties, but our attention
has been more particularly directed to the neighbour-
hood of Epping Forest, as affording, from various cir-
cumstances, more advantageous sites for such purposes.
We have conferred with the Commissioners of Woods
and Works, upon the question in relation to this loca-
lity, have viewed several plots of ground thereat, and
have negotiated with the various parties interested.
" The most satisfactory offer that has been made to
us has been that of a plot of ground near Ilford, con-
sisting of 120 acres of land, at present forming part of
and cultivated as a farm, and having a farm house and
buildings upon it. This is offered at the rate of 150/.
per acre for the freehold, and the sum of 2,5001. for
erecting new farm-houses and buildings in place of the
present, which will be destroyed. The lessee, who
holds for an unexpired term of six years, will have to be
compensated, and he has signified his willingness to sur-
render his interest on terms to be settled by reference.
"This plot of ground is situate about seven miles
from London, and is immediately adjoining to the East-
ern Counties Railway, from which a siding may at once
be run into the cemetery.
"We have taken preliminary steps to communicate
with the directors of that company, so as to facilitate the
arrangements that must be made so soon as you are in a
pwition to do so, for the conveyance by rail of bodies,
mourners, &c., upon a regulated system ; and we have
been assured by the board that they will meet our wishes
in the most friendly spirit ; and having, with the Chair-
man of the Board of Directors, visited their station, w
do not doubt that arrangements may easily be made by
the surveyors of the two parties for the convenient ac-
commodation of this peculiar traffic from the station at
Shoreditch direct into the proposed cemetery.
"We have, therefore, at present, to recommend t°
your honourable Court that you should reportZ obtain
their
imme-
diately to the Court of Common Council, and 0
r:
approval of the site, and authority f
Court to exercise all the powers and
burial company under the Act ofe
consolidated rate in
Parliament,
your authoritiesh° honourable
Courtu eafble
i
and to
raise the necessary monies on t,
such manner as you may see requisite to effect the pur-
chase of the ground in questoe
lessee's interest therein, and 'and to pay for the
otherwise to carry out the
purposes of the act."
The report was,
without d iscus!ion, unanimously
reed to, and ordered to be laidbefore the Court of
a't
Common Council for their approval, in order that the
recommendations be carried into effect without delay.—
Adjourned.

INQUEST ON A LIEUTENANT, R.N..___The circumstances
attending the death of Lieutenant James Elwin, R.,
i
committed to poison n default of finding sureties to
keep the peace towards poliee-serjeant Back, were in-
vestigated on the Ith inst. in the apartments of the
governor of the borough prison, Dover, before Mr G. T.
Thompson, coroner of the borough. The jury having
been sworn, and Mr. Bennett Judge appointed as fore-
man, the coroner observed that through the death oc-
curring in prison the inquiry was rendered necessary by
law, that it might be ascertained whether death had
been accelerated by any neglect on the part of the gaol
officials, and whether any attention had been paid to the
deceased. The jury were perfectly satisfied with the
evidence adduced, and returned a verdict of death from
natural causes. Deceased was said to be 59 years of
age. Two of his brothers were present at the inquest.
—Kentish, Ocgcttc.

THE CHOLERA. Vlll4 .
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(Rona the General Board of Health.) .
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METROPOLIS.
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In consequence of a memorial presented to the Gener #
Board of Health by the Health Committee of Black-'d
heath, presided over by Mr. John Flint South, late Pre-
sident of the Royal College of Surgeons, complaining of
several grievous but removable nuisances, endangering
the health of the inhabitants, and praying that the shame-
ful condition of certain parts of the village might be
made the subject of immediate inquiry, Dr. Milroy yes-
terday inspected the districts. As an example of the con-
dition of some parts of this pleasant village, to which so
many resort for air and health, it is stated that there is
a double row of small houses, known by the name of
Dartmouth-passage (the Earl of Dartmouth is the lord of
the manor), to which not a drop of water is supplied, al-
though it only requires to have a pipe laid down along
the street, there being an abundant supply from the Kent
Waterworks in the village. The people are thus
obliged to fetch every (imp they use from a well at a
considerable &stance ; and even for the use of this they
are required to pay a trifle. The back yards of these
houses are describe] as being in a most abominable con-
ditior, obviously impairing the health of the inhabitants.
Some of these places are so sloppy that boards are
laid down for the inmates to piss along from the door
to the filthy privy in the corner, while others aro so dis-
gustingly offensive that they cannot sit in the back
room. In one of these yards two cesspools, having
become quite full, were a week or two ago covered over
with earth, and a third one dug to receive the contents
of the privy. The three are so'close to each other that
the workman, while engaged in making the new one,
was nearly inundated by the contents of the others com-
ing in upon him.
Phoenix-vale is stated to have become a filthy bog,
from the foul water that is constantly thrown out upon
it having no kind of outlet or escape ; a long, wide,
shallow, stagnant ditch is represented as extending from
one end of Blackheath-vale to the other. This ditch or
pool receives all sorts of impurities, and after heavy
rains overflows into the gardens and basement storeys of
the houses, in which the water has for several weeks
stood a foot in depth. These are merely specimens of
numerous other localities in the village in which the
like impurities and causes of disease abound, to which
the immediate attention of the board of guardians of
Lewisham, in which parish it is situated, is urgently re-
quired. Nothing as yet appears to have been done.
Woolwich being out of the jurisdiction of the Metro-
politan Commissioners of Sewers, the inhabitants have
petitioned the General Board of Health for the applica-
tion of the Public Health Act, and a total board having
been obtained, they are now actively carrying into exe-
cution improved works of self-cleansing tubular house-
drains. The inhabitants of Charlton last week peti-
tioned the General Board to be brought within the juris-
diction of the Woolwich local board, and the attendance
of an engineering inspector has been directed to make
local inquiries, and promote arrangements in compliance
with the memorial.
In the second report of the Metropolitan Sanitary
Commissioners, it was reported that marsh diseases pre-
vail at times among the agricultural population of the
Plumstead, Kent, and Essex marshes. In one of these
marshes the proportions of open ditches stagnating and
giving off emanations from animal and vegetable de-
composition was stated to be 18i acres of ditch to 450
acres of land. After the wind has prevailed for some
time from these lands in the direction of dwelling-
houses, marsh diseases are constantly noticed among the
adjacent population. Sir Culling Eardley, the pro-
prietor of Belvidere and much of the Erith marsh land,
has represented to the General Board of Health his
willingness to co-operate in any special measure having
in view the marsh drainage, so important to the metro-
polis. Another leading proprietor of Essex marsh land
has made similar representations.
NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, Oct. 10.—Cholera, death 1.
The total number of deaths from cholera and diarrhoea
in Newcastle-upon-Tyne during the present outbreak
has been 1,474. In the same period (viz., the first 40
days) during the prevalence of epidemic cholera there in
1831-2, the number of deaths was 270.
HARPENDEN, (ST. ALBAN'S), Oct. 10.—Cholera,
death, 1.

HATFIELD (THORNE UNION), OCt. 10.—Cholera,
death, 1.
GATESHEAD, Oct. B.—Cholera, deaths, 6 ; 9th, 1.
The total number of deaths from cholera and diarrhcea
in Gateshead to the present date has been 402. During
the like period (viz., the first 33 days) in 1831-2, the
deaths amounted to 143.

1 Recent inquiries have shown, with reference to many
towns which suffered severely during the former visita
tations of cholera, that much improvement has been
effected in the way of extensive cleansings, and in the
active removal of nuisances, while in several consider-
able progress has been made with combined and perma-
nent works, for Morpeth and Alnwick, for example,
where great exertions have been made in the operation
of superficial cleansing, the works for drainage and
water supply are in an advanced state. In these in-
stances the water supply will be derived from collections
of soft water springs, the flow being constant, and the
water delivered direct to the consumers without the in-
tervention of reservoirs, and without the need of fil-
tration.

At Alnwick the supply of soft spring water will not
exceed the rate of 2d. in the 11., and cottages will be
supplied for Bd. per annum, or 1-16th of a penny per
week. In both these towns the local boards have deter-
mined to abolish every cesspool in the place. The
water-closet apparatus, and the tubular house drains, in
substitution for the cesspool, are expected to be laid
down for a rate not exceeding ld. per week per house
where the owners do not pay the expense themselves,
as has been ordered to be done by the Duke of Northum-
berland with his cottage property in Alnwick, which
constitutes about a fourth of the town, and by the Earl
of Carlisle with his property in Morpeth. Both these
proprietors have ordered their cottage property to be
eave-spouted. The Duke of Northumberland has spent
60,0001. in draining 12,000 acres of land, much of it in
the vicinity of the wn, and greatly to its sanitary im-
provement. His Grace has rebuilt nearly all the cot-
tage property connected with his farms, and as to his
property in the town, he has given orders to the local
board properly to drain every cottage with the sewers,
to abolish every privy and cesspool, to substitute at
once
send thencethem llobsitas forppr the sameoved water-closets
toer his-clo agentsetsan to b
and soilpans,
paid.
a and
to
With respect to Morpeth, Lord Carlisle, who owns a
large area of land in the district, and much house pro.
perty in the town, has given upwards of ten acres of
land near the outlet of the sewer for public uses, and has
ordered that the whole of his house property be properly
sewered and drained, privies and cesspools to be removed,
and proper soilpans and waterclosets to be substituted.
This is now being done, not only on this property but
throughout the town, all the owners of property volun-
tarily availing themselves of the public sewers, though
many opposed the introduction of the act. With the
improvements already effected, the health of the district
is reported to be above the average. On the visitation
of cholera in September and October, 1849, there were
145 cases of cholera in the town. Up to the present
time there has not been a single case reported within the
districts.
At Ormskirk new spring soft water supplies are com-
pleted, with the public drainage works, for less than 2d.
per week. Similar works are reported to be completed
at Penrith, at a like expense. New works are also in
progress at Lancaster and Berwick.

MARKET INTELLIGENCE.

(From the London New Price Current of yesterday.)

SUGAR.—To-day there was a further increase in demand
for both grocery and refining qualities of West India
Sugar, whilst the prices obtained were fully equal to those
of Friday. Of Jamaica, 70hhds and 55 tierces were sold;
ord yellow at 34s to 34s Gd, common to fine brown, 33s Cd
to 33s 6d.
REFINED.—To-day largo purchases were made in re-
fined sugar by home dealers, and prices
,closed firmly,
good brown lumps at 455, and low to fine grocery 45s 6d
to 47s 6d. In crushed sugar not much doing for export,
and full rates sustained for British and Dutch.
EAST INDIA.—This afternoon the quantity of Bengal
sugar offered at auction was 6,900 bags. The Mauritius
kinds only in part sold at 34s 6d to 37s for ord to fine being
the full value, but other sorts went at stiff prices ; low to
good white Benares at 36s to 38s 6d, fine grainy 40s Gd to
425, and date
_yellow at 32s to 35s per cwt.
COCOA.—Iv' est India is not much required ; supply is
ontlleincrease, and prices have rather declined. Of 700
bags Trinidad at auction a small part only sold, grey At
—To-day a good demand prevailed privately for
and low to good red at 33s Gd to 365.
Ceylon, and full rates were obtained ; indeed,
lised a small advance. There wasrather
transactions6d. have been rather lute
er3oliiacsonuottorlifoeia,.
to46s more
doTnreAin.—Nlantibveetatetr4ksiso64l
portant, and prices have been well sustained,
not having been brought forward. ined, larger parcels
low to good ord sound lld to 111 d, The currency is for
blackish leaf is to is 4a, St ) rather blackish leaf to
blackish
2d, and choice ls 104 to 2srong to Pekoe sorts is ld to
green purchases have been 2d. In common and mid
TALLThe high unimportant.
feres with business for prices current for Russian inter-
transactions have taken all purposes, and only moderate
currency on the spot enplace since this day week. The
59s ; delivei for first sort P.Y. candle is 58s 6d to
spring
months 58s
to the close of the year 57s Od to 58s, and
OILS.—The 8s
3d to 58s 6d per cwt.
prices to demandadvance—pale
for seal continues to get greater, and
selling at 351 to 351 10s, straw and.
tinged 331 lOs to 341 15s, and other sorts 321 lOs to 33/ 5e
Per tun. In cod several transactions and 34/ lOs is the
la
test currency. Of Southern l' • •
supp y is still scanty, and.
bu •
yei s are compelled to pay 381 to 421. Of East India fish
oils 100 tuns in auction fetched 31115 s to 321.

RlCE.—Since Saturday the East India rico market has
been quiet, and to-day there were sellers at rather lower
prices. At auction 58 bags 500 packets Bengal were dis-
posed of, low to good white 14s 6d to 158 Gd per cwt.
GINGER.—To-day there was only a limited demand, but
rates are kept up. Of Cochin 211 cs, 30 brls, 600 bgs in.
auction, a small part only sold, worm eaten at 39s to Ms,
sea damaged 41s, and mouldy 228 per cwt.
PIMENTO—Is less wanted, and 688 bags in auction to
day only privately sold at bid to 7.d per lb, being barely'
the former value.

CASE OF MISS CUNNINGHAME.—A public meeting,
called by the Scottish Reformation Society, was held in
Queen-street Hall, Edinburgh, to consider the case of
this lady. The meeting was densely crowded, and hun-
dreds were unable to obtain admission. Resolutions
were enthusiastically adopted, expressing " indignation"
at the law under which Miss Cunninghame had been ap-
prehended, and a "deliberate conviction that it is the
duty of the British Government to take steps not only
to procure that lady's release, but the repeal of that
law," and approving of the prompt interposition of the
Earl of Clarendon in the matter, and of the memorial
addressed to that noble lord by the Scottish Reforms-
tion Society.