The Sun.
London, England, 1854-02-08 00:00:00

CITY COURT OF SEWERS.

The commissioners assembled yesterday at Guildhall,
Deputy Peacock in the chair.
After the routine business of the court was transacted,
Mr. DAW (the chief clerk) laid before the court the
Great London Drainage Company's Bill, which has been
introduced into the House of Commons, and explained
its various details to the commissioners. It was agreed
that the members of the City commission who are on the
metropolitan commission should confer with the Metro-
politan Commissioners, with a view to bring under the
consideration of her Majesty's Government the plan for
intercepting drainage of the metropolis prepared by their
own -engineers, and now under the consideration of the
joint commissioners, and which will anticipate the
works proposed to be done under this bill by a joint
stock company.
Complaint having been made of an insufficient supply
of gas to 50 or 60 public lamps in the district lighted by
the Great Central Gas Company, the secretary of that
company attended, and was heard upon the subject.
Many of the commissioners and their surveyor spoke to
the fact of insufficient light for some time past ; but no
fine was inflicted, in consideration of the fact that it was
the first complaint ever made against the company.
The CHAIRMAN advised the company to be very care-
ful in future.
Several of the scavenging contractors were fined for
the non-performance of their duty, in penalties amount-
ing in all to 151.
The court then adjourned..

METROPOLITAN SEWERS' COMMISSION,

Yesterday the justices connected with the Metropo-
litan Commission of Sewers met at the chief office, 1,
Greek-street, Soho, for the transaction of business.
Richard Jebb, Esq., presided.
There were also present—Lieut.-Col. Dawson, G.
Baker, Esq. ' • Sir Rd. Fellowes, Bart. ; Thos. Hawes,
Esq. ; G. S. Smith, Esq. ; and Thos. F. Gibson, Esq.
- The finances of the Commission were declared to be
as follows :
Balance in hand Feb. 7, 1854 £42,031 7 2
.Payments ordered, ditto 11,935 4 7

Available balance ........... 2 7
Works to the amount of 12,6301. ss. Bd. were then
ordered. The following are the proportions in the
several districts :

Spitalfields,Wapping,&c., district £7,146 15 0
Limehouse level
Hermitage-stairs ditto . 800 0 0
Lower Wapping ditto
Poplar and Blackwall district
Surrey and Kent ditto
Hackney-brook level
Finsbury division l3O 0 0
Wandle district

Grand total .

£12,630 5 8

The commissioners afterwards transacted a consider-
able quantity of the customary routine business, and
then adjourned to a future day.—Adjourned.

MARINE DISASTERS.

LIVERPOOL, TIIESDAY.—Every day the vessels from
the United States at this port report very severe weather
in the Atlantic during the past week. The voyages of
the ocean mail steamers also bear evidence to the truth
of the statement, as we find that the Europa, which left
this port on the 31st Dec., did not reach New York
until the 16th ; the Baltic, which left on the 29th Dec.,
did not arrive until the 12th January ; the Niagara,
which sailed hence for Boston on the 7th, did not reach
her destination until the 25th ultimo ; while the Atlantic,
which left this port for New York on the 11th ultimo,
had not arrived on the 25th, although fourteen days
out. Sailing ships, however, seem to have fared much
worse, as no less than three, which sailed from this
port to New York in the early part of January, h‘ve
put back to port to-day, viz., the Montezuma and
Euroclyden, which sailed on the Bth ult., and the Ex-
celsor, on the 9th. The former of these ships was for
11 days beating between long. 22 and 24, and bore up
•n the 21st in that longitude for this port leaky, with
masts injured and loss of stancheons. The New World,
from New York, at this port, reports having lost her
sails, boats, bulwarks, water casks, &c., during severe
weather. The Peter Rolt, which sailed for New York
on the 16th ult., has put into Scrabster Roads, on the
north coast of Scotland, with loss of boats and sails,
rudder much damaged, and four feet of water in the
hold.
The weather in the Channel has also been very severe,
especially the last few days. The Ethope, which sailed
on the 2d inst. for Gibraltar and the c4ulna,re, for Africa,
which sailed on the 4th, have returned to port. The
Charles Souchay, which arrived to day from Charente,
reports having passed yesterday, about 10 miles S.W. of
Holyhead, the schooner Hylton, of Pentewan, aban-
doned, having been apparently in contact. The schooner
Gulnare and the Penningham barque, for Rio Janeiro
from this port, put into Beaumaris Bay to-day. Th.
Bona Ventura, from Savannah for this port, went ashore
this morning at Rhosnagye, near Holyhead, and cut
away her foremast, which carried away her off
maintopmt.
The crew were saved, and the ship is likely to be got o
when lightened, at high water.

STOPPING THE SUPPLlES.—lnformation has been re-
ceived, from a source in which we place the utmost reli-
ance, but which we are not at liberty just now more
directly to indicate that a Government officer has been
round the manufactories in our immediate neighbourhood
within the last few days, and that one of the effects of
his visit has been the placing of the Ordnance mark
upon some machinery on the premises of one of our
most eminent firms. The machinery in question, it is
said, was intended for the Russian Government.—
Greenwich. Observer.
CUSTOMS RECEIPTS AT THE PORT OF LIVERPOOL.--The
Customs receipts at this port for the year ending Dec.
31, amount to 3,411,8191. As compared with the year
1852, the receipts show a decrease of 72,8061.—n0t at-
tributable, however, to any diminution of trade, but
rather to the gradual reduction of duties on articles im-
.ported into this country.