The Sun.
London, England, 1849-10-24 00:00:00

N°. 17,810.] LONDON, WEDNESDAY E S 1117 OCTOBER 24, 1849.

LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN
RAILWAY.
TENDERS FOR STORES.
The Directors of the London and North-Western Railway Company
are prepared to receive Tenders for Stores for their several depart-
ments, viz. :
Locomotive Stores—Anvils and vices, axles, brass and copper and
brass work ; baskets and bags for coke ; talances (spring), brass
tubes for locomotives ; crucibles, files, iron, steel, ironwork, oil,
tallow, and waste ; sundries, lead, timber, tin.
Carriage Stores—Colours, oils, varnishes, &c.; brushes and pencils;
brass and brasswork ; carpeting, cloth, canvas, silk, &c. ; castings
(various) carriage fittings, iron and ironwork, steel springs, lamps
and lamp fittings, bather, sundries, timber.
Waggon Stores Axles, brake blocks, castings (various), colours,
&c., files, iron and ironwork, oils, steel, springs, timber, wheels.
General Stores—Chandlery and small stores, carpenters' and
joiners' work, hardware, oil, grease, and cotton waste, canvas and
tarpaulins, leather, coal.
Specifications, showing the quantities and descriptions of articles
required, also forms of tender and printed conditions, may be had on
application to the Secretary, on and after the 20th instant.
The time for settling in tenders is extended to November sth,
after which day none can be received.
Samples and patterns of articles purchased to sample or pattern
may be seen at the Company's Works at Euston, Camden, Wolver-
ton, Crewe, Longsight, and Ordeal-lane (near Manchester) Stations,
on tie 24th and 25th instant, from Eleven to Four o'Clock.
By order of the Directors,
MARK IIUISII, General Manrger.
Euston Station, London, Oct. 18, 1849.

LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN
RAILWAY.
BY ORDER OF THE POSTMASTER-GENERAL.
The Public Is requested to take notice, that on and after the Ist
NOVEMBER, the UP }TIGHT MAILS from Preston, Liverpool, Man-
chester, and Chester, and the DOWN NIGH e MAILS from
London, will be made EXPRESS MAILS, and will be accelerated
accordingly.
These Express Trains will continue to carry Second-class Pas-
seugers, at advancod fares. The Down Night Mails will leave
London at the present hours, and the lap Trains will leave—
Preston, at • . .. 9 3 P.M. I
Manchester, at • • 935 P.M.
Liverpool, at .. 918 „ Chester, at • • .. 10 13 „
Notice is also given, that the trains now leaving Peterborough for
Northampton at 4 P.M., and from Northampton to Peterborough at
5 30 P•id., will be discontinued for the winter season.
By order of the Directors, MARK lIUISIT.
General Managers' Offic Euston Station, Oct. 20, 1849.

MIDL AND RAILWAY.
LOANS ON DEBENTURES.
The Midland Railway Company are prepared to receive Loans on
security of their Debentures for a period of three years, in
RIMS of 1,0001. each and upwards, at interest after the rate of 51.
per cent. per annum, payable half-yearly.
Application to be made to the Secretary, at the Company's Office,
Derby. By order,
J. F. BELL, Secretary.
Derby, October 18, 1849.

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CITY COMMISSIONERS OF
SEWERS.

Yesterday the commissioners assembled at the
Guildhall, Mr. Deputy Peacock in the chair.
A plan for the prevention of the escape of gas from
sewers was presented to the Court, but
Mr. Hay wooD, the surveyor, stated that he had
examined it, and found nothing in it calculated to
improve upon the principle already adopted; and the
memorial upon the subject was consequently with-
drawn.

A memorial was presented by Mr. BLAKE from the
proprietor of the house, 86, Newgate-street, complain-
ing of an injurious leakage of water, proceeding from
looseness of thespavement.—Referred to a committee
to be reported upon.
The inspectors of the Court handed in their reports,
which showed that they had done a vast amount of
business since they had last appeared before the Court
—a fact which the commissioners took opportunities
in the course of the day to acknowledge with much
satisfaction ; indeed, one of the commissioners com-
plained that one of the inspectors had actually ex-
ceeded his duty, in giving notice to a housekeeper in
Farringdon-street to clear away a cesspool and other
obnoxious nuisances which were not in existence.
The complaint, of course, did not tell, as the majority
of the Court were of opinion that the nice power of
discrimination which the inspector possessed"' was
deserving of encouragement, and not question or
censure.

Mr. Deputy HARRISON complained of a very great
obstruction which was constantly occurring in Ship-
passage, which leads from Gracechurch street to
Leadenhall-market, in consequence of the practice
pursued by some tradesmen there, who crowded the
narrow thoroughfare with their goods. The obstruc-
tion was represented as one of very long continuance.
Some of the members were of opinion that it was
the duty of the Markets Committee to prevent the
continuance of the obstruction ; some thought the
matter came more properly under the supervision of
the police ; while others considered that if the inspec-
tors would only occasionally look at the place com-
plained of, and make a report as to its condtiion from
time to time, there would be no occasion for the adop-
tion of compulsory measures.
The last suggestion was adopted, and notice was
ordered to be served upon the parties in error, should
they persevere.
Mr. HAYWOOD, the surveyor to the commissioners,
reported that there were between 40 and 50 houses,
the property of Earl Delawarr, in such a condition as
to require the very attentive consideration of the
Court. These habitatations were situated in Prim-
rose-hill, Sugarloaf court, and other localities, of
which the public had read a great deal in the various
accounts of the most celebrated London stinks, and
they possessed in a very strong degree the qualities
which tend to the spread and perpetuation of disease.
Mr. Bison, the city medical officer of health, said,
the places in which his Lordship's houses were re-
presented as being situate were certainly in the most
unhealthy parts of London.
The inspector of the district said, the agent and
surveyor of his Lordship had been served with first
notices.i

The COURT then ordered that compulsory notices
should be issued to the agent of Lord Delawarr, and
if those notices were not attended to duly, proceedings
should, with the advice of the solicitors to the com-
mission, be adopted.

Mr. 11. L. TAYLOR said, it appeared from the
reports of the inspectors that they had exceedingly
heavy and disagreeable duties to perform, and that
they performed all those duties highly to their
honour, particularly in the localities in which the
poor were congregated.

VIEW OF THE ALLEGED NUISANCES REPORTED DT

THE MEDICAL OFFICER or HEALTH.

The CHAIRMAN of the commission requested the
attention of the Court to the report of the committee,
appointed to take a view of the several localities
reported by the medical officer of health as being
in a horrible condition. The committee, it would
appear, agreed with Mr. Simon that there were in the
places objected to many most abominably filthy tene-
ments, unfit to be dwelt in by human beings,
but at the same time they had no power
to interfere internally with them. In the
opinions entertained of the localities visited, the
committee and Mr. Simon were both right, and
,o far as the Court could interfere for the improve-
ment of their sanitary condition, viz, externally,
that itnprovement was rapidly progressing, and a great
deal had already been effected. Serious complaints
had been made about the supply of water to
the inhabitants of the poor. Now, the commissioners
had been indefatigable in their exertions to procure an
abundance of that article, as well as to advance in the
sanitary movement in every other way, but there were
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that the commissioners had their present powers for
more than a few months.

Mr.
M Tickner, the second clerk of the Court, then
read the following report :

"TO THE HON. COMMISSIONERS OF SEWERS OF THE

CITY OF LONDON.

" We, whose names are hereunto set, your Committee
upon General Purposes, do certify that, having had our
attention called to various statements as to the condition
of certain places within the city of London, referred to
in the reports of your medical officer, we have deemed it
expedient personally to view the following places, al-
though they have been previously viewedand reported on
by your inspectors, and we beg to report thereupon re-
spectively as follows:
" In reference to the gully in George-yard, Bow-lane,
adjoining the house situate No. 43 in the said lane, we
have directed it should be retrapped, and are of opinion
that it does not incommode the public so as to justify its
removal from its present site.
"In reference to the premises in Fan-court, Miles-lane,
we are of opinion that the cisternage in all the houses is
very inefficient, and that although the owner appears to
have done a good deal in the way of repairing the pre-
mises under the notices already served upon him by your
officers, we recommend that he be called upon imme-
diately to erect additional capacious cisterns in each of
the houses; and further, that adequate dustbins be con-
structed therein, and that he be required also to have the
walls of the staircases and rooms effectually cleansed and
whitewashed.

" In reference to the house No. 5, Creechurch-lane,
we found a fair supply of water; the premises are under
repair. We recommend that the owner be called upon
to cleanse and limo-whiten the inside of the house, and
to repair the roofs and interior of the privies in the back
yard. We found several wooden sheds erected against
the wall of the church which adjoins the said premises,
and which appeared to be used for stabling, and which
we consider must cause offensive nuisance, and to which
we think the notice of the parish authorities should be
called, to have them removed.

"We viewed the premises known as the Queen's
tread, situate in the said lane, and found them in a very
dirty condition. The occupier stated that there was a
plentiful supply of water. Wo found the privy broken
down and useless, and the smell very offensive. We re-
commend that the owners be called upon to cleanse and
repair the house and the privy immediately.
" In reference to the privies situate in Prince's-street,
Rosemary-lane, we found them under repair; there are
no dustbins, and the occupiers deposit it in the cellars in
some instance?. We think the cisterns erected in some
of the houses adequate for the wants of the inhabitants,
and the owner assured us he is about to erect similar in
all the other houses, and to close up the access to the
basements, so as to prevent their being used as we
have described. We recommend that he be called upon
to construct an adequate dustbin in each of the houses
aforesaid, and to remove all dust and rubbish from the
cellars forthwith. _ _ _

"In reference to the premises in Artillery-lane, we
are of opinion that Mr. Clark, the owner of certain pre-
mises therein, should be called upon effectually to repair
the same.

" We viewed the premises No. 6, Half-moon-passage,
Aldersgate, wheie we consider the supply of water
inadequate and the drainage defective. We recommend
that the owner be called upon forthwith to construct a
cistern of sufficient size, and to have the house drains ex-
amined and repaired, and a dustbin fixed.
"In reference to Sandy's-row we have to report that
only one-half of the street is within the City jurisdiction.
The street was clean when we saw it, and the inhabitant
of whom we inquired had no complaint to make as to the
supply of water or otherwise.
" We viewed Star•court, Milton-street, and found that
the outhouse formerly: used as a slaughterhouse, but
which had not been registered, did not appear to us to
have been used for such purpose for some time past. We
recommend that the owner of this court be called upon
to repair the same throughout.
"In reference to Moor-square, Cripplegato, in which
a sewer is about to be built under the direction of your
Honourable Court, we recommend that the owner be re-
quired to erect an adequate tank on the top of the octa-
gonal buildings in the centre of the said square, and to
communicate the water to the several privies, as well as
to drain them into the public sewers.
" We have viewed the premises in Doby-court, Monk-
well•street, in which a sewer is about to be built under
the direction of your Honourable Court. We found
one cellar foul from leakage of a cesspool in the ad-
joining premises, and we recommend that the owner be
called upon to drain the same into the sewer when com-
pleted, and fill up the existing cesspool, and to construct
a dustbin at No. 4.

" In reference to Bird-court, Philip•lane, we recom-
mend that a sewer be constructed therein, and that the
owner be called upon to drain the premises into the
sewer, and to construct proper cisterns for the use of the
inhabitants.

" We have viewed the precinct of St. Bartholomew.
We find the houses in Middlesex passage are damp from
the want of adequate drainage. We recommend that a
sewer be immediately built therein, and the owner he
called upon to drain the houses into the same.
" We observe that the whole of the precinct is in course
of being repaired, and will shortly be completed, and will,
so far, very materially improve this place. We observed
that many of the houses in the more remote places of this
precinct are obviously very old, being entirely or par-
tially built of wood, and otherwise dilapidated. Taking
the circumstances into consideration, we think that
this property should be left to the district surveyor to
deal with as he may see fit, and that notice be sent to him
accordingly.
" We have viewed Fox and Snot•court, where we
found the one public privy recently rebuilt and water
laid on, and that the court is supplied by a common cock.
We were informed by the clerk that ho has already, as
directed by your Court, served the owner with notice to
erect adequate cisterns, and to construct two new privies
therein.

" In reference to St. John's-court we recommend that
the owner be called upon to construct a now dustbin of
stone, and that your inspectors be directed to see the
orders which have been already given to the owner to
construct enlarged cisternage for the use of the inhabi-
tants promptly carried into effect.
" We find the premises No. 4, Smithfield, are in,
bankruptcy and unoccupied, and that the parties repre-
senting the owner have been served with notice to trap
and lay on water to the privy, and empty and fill the
cesspool; and the time of notice has not yet expired.
" In reference to Cox-court, Aldersgate, the inspec-
tor reports to us that the nuisance therein complained of
is abated.

" We viewed premises in Hartshorn-court, in which
we found the inhabitants are supplied with water by
means of a common cock. There is no cistern or tack
in the premises, although there is ample room for such.
We recommend that the owner be called upon to pro-
vide adequate cisternage forthwith, and that the pro-
mises be also supplied with water.
" We consider it right to state that in all these places
we found the courts aud alleys clean and well paved, ex•
cepting in one case, which has only recently come under
your charge, and which we directed should be immedi-
ately cleansed.
" We repeat, in closing our report, that we have been
induced to view all the above localities, being desirous
that we might be able personally to report as to their
condition. We have also expressed our opinion as to
certain works which we think require to be done in them,
but it must not be supposed that these places had been
neglected until we went to view them. They had all
been viewed by your officers, and in moat of them the
owners have executed or are executing works of sanitary
improvement under your directions."
Some observations were made upon what the mem-
bers seemed to consider to be a dangerous and dis-
gusting nuisance, arising from a cavity, over which
there is a cellar•flap, in Tower Royal, which flap is
not always closed even during the busiest hours of
the day.
The report, with the exception of the paragraph
relating to the nuisance just described, was agreed
to ; and notice was ordered to be served upon the
proprietor:of the " yawning gulf," as Mr. Deputy Lott
called the uncovered chasm.

THE CHIEF CLERK OF THE COMMISSION.
The CHAIRMAN gave notice of a motion from Mr.
Under-Sheriff Millard, that, in consideration of the
long and faithful services and the altered and ex-
tended duties of the principal clerk, the salary of that
gentleman should be raised to the sum of 6001. a year.
TheofNovembersubject
will be considered
as, in consequence of heronsidered at the Court on the
6th
Majesty's visit to her faithful citizens on the 30th
inst., no Court of Sewers will then be held.
Mr. Deputy LOTT said he had read a statement in
the public papers to the effect that Mr. Simon had
said there was not room for another body in the
churchyards of the city of London.—(Laughter.)
He wished to know whether such an assertion had
been made by that gentleman.
Mr. SIMON begged to be excused from being re-
sponsible for everything that appeared as if it issued
from him. A discussion had certainly taken place in
the Committee of Health on the subject of the
crowded churchyards of the City ; and he had cer-
tainly expressed the opinion he had long maintained
on that subject—namely, that the churchyards of the
City, which embraced an area of, he believed, only
eight acres and a half, were not fit receptacles for any
more bodies. His decided opinion was, that one more
burial ought not to take place in the city of London.
Mr. Deputy LOTT said the churchyards ought to
be examined by Mr. Simon before utterance were
given to such an opinion.

THE SANITARY PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMISSIONERS
OP SEWERS FOR TICS CITY OF LONDON.
Mr. Deputy BROWN said he understood the sur-
veyor was prepared with a report of the whole of the
proceedings of the commissioners since the year.lB32,
who had been accused by some of having done ac-
tually nothing ; and he moved that the report be read.
The CHAIRMAN said the surveyor had drawn up a
detailed report at his suggestion, in answer to the
public charge of negligence and incapability.
The following report was then read by the clerk :
" TO THE HON. COMMISSIONERS OF SEWERS OF THE
CITY OF LONDON.
" Sewers office, Guildhall, Oct. 23.
" Gentlemen,—As very erroneous impresssions appear
to exist as to the nature and extent of the works carried
out by this Commission since the calamitous year 1832,
I beg, at the suggestion of the Chairman of your Hon.
Court, to submit to you the following brief and, general
outline of your operations since that date;---1 rem the
commencement of the year 1833 to the termination of
the year 1848, being a period of 16 years, the length of
public sewers constructed within the city of L. ondon hasbeen 124,272 feet, or 231 miles. In addition to this
length of new sewers, several miles of ancient sewers
have been repaired and adapted to modern requirements.
About 3,770 service or private drains have also been
constructed fur the internal drainage of houses and pre-
mises .:The portion of the Fleet ditch north of Ilolborn,
which was the only open ditch which had existed wi!hin
your jurisdiction for upwards of a century, was eight
years ago covered in. T'ne;e are now no open ditches
within the city of London. The whole of the street
gullies have been trapped, and improvements have been
made and are still making in the construction of the
traps. The whole of the publics ways, whether open
and frequented courts, have been paved with stone, and,
where practicable, with flagstones, and the most impor-
tant condition of a non-absorbent surface, as well as a
surface best adapted for aiding the scavenger in main-
taining cleanliness hag been obtained. Every court,
alley, and public place is lighted with gas lamps—there
is no public place without gas lights. All the streets
and alleys have been for some years swept daily,
and the dustmen aro bound to remove dust as often as
required. In all these foregoing particulars the poorest
places have been as well attended to and looked after
as the important and more visible thoroughfares. During
the aforesaid period the opportunities which offered for
effecting improvements, by widening the thoroughfare,
easing the traffic, and letting in light and air, have not
been neglected, and where your funds have proved ade •
quate you have at all tim, a c.:-operated with the corro-
ration committees, the public companies, and other bodies,
in the furtherance of such like beneficial objects. Many
of your works of drainage have been beneficially felt by
districts some miles distant from the city. Twenty-nine
outlets have been provided by you for the sewage for the
county of Middlesex. The highland of and about
Hampstead drains through the Fleet sewer; Holloway
and a portion of Islington can now be drained ,by the
London-bridge sewer; Nortonfolgate and the densely po•
pulated districts adjacent are also relieved by it. In so
general a statement I cannot enter into detail as to the
various important improvements made in the manage-
ment and formation of the works committed to your
charge; I can but briefly refer to the improved forms of
sewers and other detail of construction made by you, the
remodelling upon a system the whole of the lines of pave-'
meats, the various important experiments of the levels
and gradients of Ole streets, the re-arrangement of public
lamps, the protection of the public ways from encroach-
ment, and the gradual extinction of objectionable and
long existing projections, the erection of public urinals,
and various other works which have marked your vigi-
lance through the whole periods of time alluded to ; and
it should be borne in mind that until recently the func-
tions of your Hon. Court solely relatee to sewers, and the
paving and lighting, cleansing and conservation of the
public ways—that you had no control over private property,
no power to enforce water supply, and no compulsory power
of entry for inspection of or remedy of nuisances. You had
not'even power to compel drainage to be made from those
premises where sewers were in the course of formation
or already formed. Upon the. commencement of the pre-
sent year you, for the first time, had power to command
water supply, to compel drainage of premises, to regu-
late slaughtering houses, and suppress nuisances, &c.
The time consumed at the outset of your new
operations by the requisite legal and other preliminary
arrangements, and more recently the suspension of all
works during the hot weather beyond the active suppres-
sion of nuisances, have left you but a very short time
to effect much in the way of works of permanent irn•
provement to the poorer dwellings in the City. Short,
however, as the time has been, your officers have in-
(limed into the condition of more than 4,000 of the
poorest habitations, with the view to the enforcement of
drainage, water supply, and cleanliness; and during the
season of epidemic disease 14,000 houses, out of 16,000
comprehended in the City, were inspected for the dis-
covery of nuisances. Since the commencement of this
year upwards of 1,600 cases of euisance have been
abated, 64 courts and places within the City have had
sewers constructed beneath them—the aggregate length
of sewers, amounting to 10,321 feet, or nearly two miles.
About 900 houses have been drained, and the whole of
the slaughtering houses within the City registered, and
such regulations as you had the. power of compelling
had been enforced. In submitting to your Honour-
able Court this brief outline of your operations during
the pertol which has relapsed since the year 1832,
let me not be misunderstood as intending to imply that
nothing more remains to be effected; on the contrary,

the more efficient trappings for gullies for the total pre-
vention of the escape of effluvia from them, in conjunc-
tion with a perfect system of ventilation to the sewers;
the total and uniform diversion from the Thames of the
s.,ilage now polluting it, and its ultimate disposal when
diverted, and the securing an r.dequate supply of water,
are, inter alia, questions of the highest importance, which
will for some time to come engross a large share of your
attention and consideration. In addition to these, the
entire abolition of cesspools, the perfecting the internal
drainage of houses, and the removal of nuisances, &c.,
must continue to demand your utmost care and the most
strenuous efforts of your officers. Although much has
been done this year for the abatement of nuisances,
nuisances still exist, and your officers have unfortunately
too much evidence that, owing to the apathy, careless-
ness, and recklessness of many of the inhabitants of the
poorer dwellings, the very conveniences which you have
recently caused to be provided for their use have been
neglected or abused, and 24 hours have sometimes sufficed
to generate nuisances where all was previously clean.
Under such circumstances, nuisance is likely to exist
until improved habits are induced, and will render the
greatest vigilance requisite. It is not, therefore, with
any view to the relaxation of your entleavours that I
have submitted to you this report, but rather, by cor-
recting misapprehension, it is my hope you will be en-
couraged to persevere in what has been, and will be, a
laborious, unthankful, yet most important duty.
" I have the honour to be, gentlemen, your most
obedient servant,

" W. HAYWOOD, Surveyor."
The report was received with much applause, and
ordered to be printed and sent to all the members of
the Corporation.
The CHAIRMAN then called the attention of the
commissioners to the following letter from the Com-
missioner of Police, upon the important subject of the
sanitary exertions of the city of London :

• " The plan I propose gives the services of 40 intelli-
gent seen, whose business it will be to report every
nuisance or inconvenience which can in any way impair
the health or affect the reasonable comforts of the public,
to be accomplished by the daily inspection of each and
all of the highways and byways of the City—its streets,
lanes, alleys, and courts—to the end that no nuisance or
danger shall be allowed to continue, and that the advan-
tages of water and light be uniformly and amply supplied.
Further, that the inhabitants of the City, of every con-
dition, may enjoy the benefit of this system of general
protection. I suggest that notices should be periodically
left with every dweller, inviting attention to our arrange-
ments and co-operation in their observance; so that in
effect no just cause or complaint should escape detection
nor elude redress. I forbear to enlarge upon this subject
or its advantages, having upon former occasions, in
various communications, taken the liberty to enforce it;
but there is one point which I consider it important to
notice. • It has been, not unfrequently, intimated to me,
that the suggestions I now repeat, and venture to re-
commend, art viewed with apprehension as part of an
aggressive system, by which it is proposed to aggran-
dize the power of the police, and to circumscribe the
important functions of your Hon. Board. I need hardly
express my conviction that these views can receive
no countenance from a body of men with whom
the public health is a supreme law, and who
must feel it their cheerful duty to secure that great end
by every legitimate instrumentality, unbiassed by (von-
siderations which can only have their origin in the dread
of that censure which justly follows neglected duties or
palpable incompetence.
" For myself I do not discern, and assuredly I do not
seek, in the plan proposed any augmentation of power
or patronage; already I find the appointment and dis-
posal of 600 men amongst the least pleasing of my
duties, rarely a source of pleasure, a continued cause of
anxiety and pain.
" But whatever construction may be placed upon this
overture of service, I deem it incumbent upon me to
make it; because I feel that by the harmonious co-ope-
ration of the two Commissions of Police and Sewers
such great and 'various social advantages may be secured
as shall silence the jealousy which the principle of self-
government provokes, and earn the lasting gratitude of
present and coming times.
" I have the honour to be, Gentlemen, your faithful
and obedient servant, _ "D. W. klauvEy."

Mr. &Axis, in moving that the letter be entered
upon the minutes, intimated that the commissioner
showed a great anxiety to appropriate to himself and
his police the whole credit of the City sanitary move-
ment ; so that, according to that gentleman, as well
as according to the Committee of Health and others
who set up claims, the Commissioners of Sewers
would come in for a very small share of commenda-
tion indeed; although they had originated the board
and engaged the police and had done everything else
calculated to meet and avert the impending calamity.
After making some spirited comments upon the
manner in which the commissioners bad been attacked
by the press, he suggested a mode by which that
powerful organ might, instead of dishonouring itself
by statements founded in gross misrepresentation and
falsehood, render substantial service to the poor. His
suggestion was, that the pens of the editors should be
turned to the task of inducing the Government to
abolish the assessed taxes. By rendering that ser-
vice they would contribute, through the blessings of
air and light, to do essential good to the whole com-
munity.
Mr. Deputy )3ainan wished that the letter be laid
upon the table, 'as containing a mass of misrepresen-
tations.

The letter was finally ordered to be entered upon
the minutes, and the Court adjourned.

FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE
OF TUESDAY.
WINDSOR CASTLE, OCT. 20, 1849.
This day had audience of her Majesty, Abbott Law-
rence, Esq., Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Pleni-
potentiary from the United States of America, to deliver
his credentials; to which he was introduced by Viscount
Palmerston, G.C.8., her Majesty's Principal Secretary
of State for Foreign Affairs..
WINDSOR CASTLE, OCT. 22.

His Royal Highness the Prince Albert has been
pleased to appoint William Fergusson, Esq., F.R.S.,
Professor of Surgery in King's College, London, to be
Surgeon in Ordinary to his Royal Highness, in the room
of Charles A. Key, Esq, deceased.
FOREIGN OFFICE, OcT. 20.

The Qaeen has been pleased to approve of Sir. Thomas
Were Fox, junior, as Consul, at Plymouth, for the Re-
public of Chili.

WHITEHALL, OCT. 17.

The Queen has been pieased to constitute and appoint
William Henry Snell, Gent., to be Adjutant of the Ar-
tillery Cotnpany of London, in the room of Frederick
Willi .m Bossy, Esq., resigned.
WHITEHALL, OCT. 22.
_

The Queen has been pleased to nominate the Vener-
able Archdeacon Philip Jennings. D.D., to the Per-
petual Curacy of St. James's Chapel, in the parish of St.
Marylebone, in the county of Middlesex, and diocese of
London, the same being void by the death of the Rev.
Thomas White.
TREASURY, OCT. 23.
Her Majesty has been pleased to appoint Edward
Berkeley Baron Portman, John Lucius Dampier,
E,q., Barrister-at-Law, and Dominick Daly,
Esq , to be Commissioners to inquire into
and report upon rights or claims over the New Forest,
in the county of Southampton, and Waltham Forest, in
the county of Essex; and the Lords Commissioners of
her Majesty's Treasury have been pleased to appoint
Joseph Burnley Hume, Esq., Barrister-at• Law, to be
Secretary and Clerk to the Uommission.
Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Somersetshire.
West Somerset Regiment of Yeomanry Creaky—
Cornet Charles Frederick Moore, to be Lieutenant, vice
Maher, resigned, Oct. 15.
Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of the West Riding

of Yorkshire.

First West York Yeomanry Cavalry—Cornet William
Fowler to be Lieutenant, vice Naylor, promoted; Henry
Beilby Milner, Gent., to bo Lieutenant ; Arthur Joseph
Smith, Gent, to bo Cornet, vice Fowler, promoted ;
Henry Taylor, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Nesbitt, re-
signed ; Charles Edward Stephen Cooke, Gent., to le
Veterinary Surgeon, Oct. 16.
Commission by he Lord-Lieutenant of Fifeshire.

Fife Militia—Henry John Graham Cowan, Gent., to
be Lieutenant, vice Andrew Brown Tosh, deceased,
Oct. 6.