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LON ON, 1% RS DAY E V E NI NG

ARISH OF ST. GEORGE, HANOVER-
SQUARE.
10 BUTCHERS, CHEESEMONGERS, CORNCHANDLERS,
GROCERS, Milkmen, Potato-dealers, Oil and Tallow-chandlers,
Colourmen, and Collin-makers.
Such persons as are willing to CONTRACT with the GOVERNORS
and DIRECTORS of the POOR of the said Parish for SUPPLYING
the WORKHOUSE for Six Months, from :he 25th dayof March to the
29th day of September, 1848, may deliver in their sealed proposals
at the Board-room, in Mount-street, on or before Nino o'clock,
on WEDNESDAY, the 22d day of Marsh, 1848.
Persons tendering are desired to be in attendance, and :to take
notice that all offers must be made upon, and strictly in accordance
with, the printed form of tender, which may be obtained on applica-
tion to the Master of the Workhouse, In Mount-street, as well as auy
further particulars. By order,
T. B. CHAPPELL, Clerk.

ONDON and WESTMINSTER BANK
..L.l Notice is hereby given, that the ANNUAL GENERAL
MEETING of the Proprietors of this Company will be held at the
Bank in Lothbury, on WYDNESDAT, the Ist day of March next, at
One o'clock precisely, to declare a DIVIDEND, to submit for con-
firmation the Election of James Dennis De Vitre, Esq., who has
been nominated by the Board of Directors in the room of Matthew
Boulton Rennie, Esq., resigned; also to submit for confirmation
the Election of George Hanson, Esq., who has been nominated by
the Board of Directors in the room of Sir John Kirkland resigned ;
to appoint three Directors in the room of Frederick Burmester,
Esq., Charles Gibbes, Esq., and Henry Harvey, Esq., who go out
by rotation, but being eligible, offer themselves for re-election ; and
for other purposes.

By order of the Board,
JAMES WILLIAM GILBART, General Manager.
Lothbury, February 16, 1848.
The Transfer-books will be Closed from the 15th February to the
10th of March, to prepare for the Dividend.

LA JOHOTTIEN IRON WORKS.
Notice is hereby given, that an EXTRAORDINARY GE-
NERAL MEETING of the SHAREHOLDERS in the Company
des Haute Yourneaux de La Johottien (La Johottien Iron Works)
Loire Inferieure, will be held on FIIDAY, the 3d of March next, at
One o'clock precisely, at the Office of William Tatham, Esq., 22,
Throginorton-street, London, for the purpose of DISSOLVING the
Company, according to Article 16
BENJAMIN IFILL, Chairman.
February 16, 1848.
N.B. Shareholders intending to be present must present their
Shares three days beforehand, and will receive a Ticket of Admission
to the Meeting.

NOTICE to ARTISTS and MANUFACTUR-
ERS of the USEFUL and ORNAMENTAL ARTS, and to
PATENTEES of EP
W INVENTIONS
IN or WORKINGT MODELS.
ROYAL ,
Incorporated by Royal Charter in 1838.
The Directors beg to acquaint the above parties that the Institution
(now closed) will be opened for the reception of Works of merit dur-
ing the month of March next. Ily means of extensive well-lighted
Additions to the Premises, Works of Art will be arranged and exhi-
bited with greatly increased advantage to the Depositors.
It is determined (as far as may be practicable) that a separate
Table or Glass Case shall be appropriated to each Depositor who for-
wards illustrations of the process of his manufacture with his finished
work.
Parties will be furnished with full particulars on application at the
Institution, 309, Regemt-street, if by personal application, from
Eleven to One o'clock.
The Institution will be RE-OPENED early in April next.
R. I. LONGROTTOM, Secretary.

THE POLYTECHNIC ASSOCIATION and
ST. GEORGE'S CRESS CLUB, 5, Cavendish-square, in con-
nexion with the ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION, which
was Incorporated by Royal Charter in 1838. Subscribers are respect-
fully informed that the Rooms of the Association and Club, with
Newspapers, Periodicals, and Chess, continue open during the short
period of the close of the Institution. On its re-opening early in
April next, the Subscribers will be admitted as usual to the Institu-
tion ; also to its extensions and improvements. Subscriptions for thu
present year are payable after the Is of January last.
It. I. t LONGBOTTOM, Secretary.

B-ROCKEDON'S PURE CUMBERLAND
LEAD, for DRAWING PENCILS. The Patentee having
bought the entire Stock of Crude Black Lead from the Cumberland
Company, is now ready to supply Pencil Manufacturers with this
important article in a state of perfect purity, tree from grit, and con-
densed by his Patent Process to all degrees of hardness.
29, Devonshire-street, Queen-square.

AISING WATER discovered by the FOUN-
TAIN PUMPS, which roll tke water upwards, without
either friction or faltering, therefore can never be surpassed ; conse-
quently this is tile most important discovery ever made for the pre•
servatioa of life and property either at Sea or on Laid.

AT SRA
numerous ships it has already saved, and the captains gratefUlly ac-
knowledge the glorious results. Two testimonial extracts shall
suffice :
" Captain Greig, from Quebec to London, states that the Fountain
Pump being fitted in the Caroline, its great power was the means of
saving the ship and 230 souls on board, two MIMS in the bottom
being partly left without calking."
" The Argus brig, from Cadiz, sprung a leak when three days out
at sea, and soon after her common pomp choaked and became use-
less. Captain Rutherford states all then depended upon her Foun-
tain Pump, which for nineteen days and eighteen nights was in ac-
tion without a minute's respite, when alp arrived safely in London,
with a thank Goa for the Fountain Pum."
ON LAND
the New Pet-table Fire-engines are of infinitely better service than a
Ore brigade. They act instantaneously at the outbreak of a fire.
"We are delighted with the invention—it is a great boon to so-
ciety."—Editors Liverpool Mail.
The New Portable Fire-engines have preserved a large portion of
Norwich from destruction, for out of eighteen different properties on
Ore in and near the city, they saved eleven solely and seven mainly,
including in the seven the Queen's Cavalry Barracks ; and in the
eleven, Messrs. Norton's dyery, and lt,ooo/. worth of consigned pro-
perty ; Stoke mustard, starch, and flour mills, and Messrs. Butcher's
grocery warehouses, just in time to prevent a large quantity of gun-
powder therein from exploding, which must have spread around de-
struction and death.
" North Walsham.—At this fire the Portable Engine was of great
service, and by having one of them ready, there is -so ,ieubt but half
the property new destroyed might have been saved."—Norfolk Chro-
nicle, August 22, 1846.
At a Norwich fire June 2, 1847, the two Portable Engines were
the pets of the public. The cry was, feed the little engines and they
will do the work, which proved true. The four large engines present
proved useless.
Portable Engines speedily prove steam-boilers to a dozen atmo-
spheres.
Now the fast is this, all former Force Pumps, Lift-force Pumps,
Lift Pumps, and Chain Pumps are bad machines: they rub, grub, and
scrape the water upwards by friction, which wastes two-fifths of the
power used, and progressively falter by leakage, which Drs. Young
and Hatton, with many other eminent experimenters, lamented
thus :—The quantity of water actually raised by any machine seldom
exceeis half the power consumed, after overcoming friction and
leakage ; and notwithstanding the best engineers in the world had
tried in vain for two thousand years to abate these palpable defects
in hydraulic machines, nevertheless, at last the victory is won, and
won for ever ; for friction and leakage are now both annihilated by
the new rolling principle in pumps, and their effect augmented from
twelve to twenty (or abort seventy per cent.), and frequently with-
out more outlay.
Most teen can sustain heavy rapid pump trials for 40 seconds, but
some men drop at minute time. With a best new heavy working Fric-
ties Pump an active sound-winded young man of 140 lbs. weight can
raise 10,000 lbs. of water one foot high in a minute, and with a Foun-
tain Pump 9,000 lbs. in half a minute. Thus a continual and most
extraordinary lucrative advantage is gained over perpetual and uni-
versal ignorance, clearly proving that Knowledge is Power.
John Clenton 'Roberts, Esi., in his popular work, No. 1,110, did
well is placing Gosset's French Pump Abortion (that slaps the water
upward) side by side with the Fountain Pump, which upset a good,
deal of Folly. Because Mr. Mallett, Dublin, a thorough-bred pump-
maker, Mr. liaddley, London, an everlasting pump-writer, and Mr.
Ewbant, America, an ignorant pump book-maker, asserted that the
two pumps were identical. But the Yankee out-fooled John Bull
aid Paddy in No. 1.183, and in No. 496, Book-maker Millin s
gton'
reniarks are preposterous. However, on the other hand, Dr. Birk-
beck, Aberdour, Hay, Parkington, with many other discerning men,
after witnessing the perfect effect and the beautiful simplicity of the
rolling principle, gave the invention the following true and sustain-
able clutraeter:—The Fountain rump is the most important improve-
ment in the art of raising water that has appeared within the last two
thousand years—the greatest advancement in the useful arts in
modern times.
The Consummation Fountain Pumps are successfully carried out
for private and public uses, at lifts below and above 100 feet altitude,
for man, horse, and steam power; dellyLring from half a pint per
stroke to 105 barrels of water per minute, and rendering every fair
trial at competition ridiculous, whilst their durability is guaranteed
at less cost than common pumps.

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TAYLOR'S LAW OF EVIDENCE.
A. TREATISE on the LAW of EVIDENCE,
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TIIE BEST REMEDY FOR INDIGESTION.
ORTON'S CAMOMILE PILLS are confi-
dently recommended as a simple, but certain remedy, ta all
who suffer from Indigestion, Sick Headache, Billions and Liver Com-
plaints ; they act as powerful tonic and gentle aperient, imparting
strength to the stomach, and composure to the nervous system. Sold
to bottles at Is. 14d., er ts. 9d. each, by A. Willotn,hby and
Co., late B. G. Windue, 61, Bishopsgate Without, and nearly all Me-
dicine Venders.
Be sure to ask for NORTON'S PILLS, and do not be persuaded to
purchase an imitation.

52, Fleet-street.

A NEW DISCOVERY IN TEETH.
mR. HOWARD, Surgeon Dentist, 52, Fleet-
street, has introduced an ENTIRELY NEW DE6CRIP-
TION of ARTIFICIAL TEETH, fixed without springs, wires, or
ligatures. They so perfectly resemble the natural teeth as not to be
distinguished from the originals by the closest observer; they will
never change col ur or decay, and will he found very superior to any
teeth ever before used. This method does not require the extraction
of roots, or any painful operation, and will support and preserve
teeth that are loose, and is guaranteed to restore articulation and
mastication; and, that Mr. Howard's improvement may be within
reach of the most economical, he has fixed his charges at the lowest
scale possible. Decayed teeth rendered sound and useful in mastica-
tion.— 52, Fleet-street. At Home from Ten till Five.

LATENT RAMONEUR ASSOCIATION.
(Provisionally Reglstered.),:-:,. •
COUNTIES of SURREY and KENT. 2 •
Capital, 20,900/. in 10,000 Shares of 21. each. Deplisit;,ll:.per Shari.
on complete registration.
Ne further call will be made without throe! ittenths' previous
n)tice. The liabilities of each shareholder limited- to the azimut -
subscribed for.
The PATENT RAMONEUR MACHINA is exclusively used in
theoftices of the Eight Hon. the Lords of the Treasury, the Royal
agricultural Society, the Royal Horticultural Society ; the Royal
Y..nohange-buildings, &c. The objects of the promoters are ap-
+roved by
The Moat Noble the Marquis of NORTHAMPTON, President of the
Royal Society.
The Right Hon. Earl DE GREY, K-S., President of the Royal In-
3titute of British Architect+.
Sir RODERICK T. MURCIIISON, President of the British Associa-
tioa for the Advancement of Science.
the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop
of Norwich i of Lichfield
Ile Right Hon. the Earl of Lel- The Most Noble the Marquis of
cester . Bristol
Th e Lord Rendlesham, M.P. The Hon. and Rev. Thomas R.
The Right Rev, the Lord Bishop' Keppel
et Gloucester and Bristol The Hen. Fred. Byng
I Hon. and Rev. Edward S. The Rev. Sir Thomas Gray Cal-
Keppel mum, Bart.
rho Very Rev. the Dean of West- Sir William Foster, Bart.
minster, Dr. Buckland Sir Robert Harland, Bart.
The Venerable Archdeacon Shir-!Sir Francis arwin
The NorwicDh 'Union Fire Office
ley
Sir John P. Boileau, Dart. The Suffolk Fire Office
Sir Richard Paul Joddrell, Bart. The District Fire Office of Bir-
Dr. Outran], F.R.5.,F.G.5., In- iningham
spector of Naval ospitals The Norwich Equitable Insurance
Right Hon. Earl Fitzhardinge Office
His Grace the Duke of Beaufort The Nottinghamshire and Derby-
rhnip W. B. .M.P, shire rlro
ojacc
Right Hen. F. 11. F. Berkeley,l The
e. West of England Fire Office,
&

Esq., M.P.
The object of this Association is totally to abolish the nee of
climbing boys, who, notwithstanding the penalties to which those
employing them are subjected by the 3d and 4th Victoria, cap. 85,
are continually resorted to. This breech of the law is acquiesced in
Ivy a large portion of the public, from a conviction of the utter im-
possibility in innumeratle cases of cleansing a chimney or flue with
the old machine. For the laudable purpose of furthering the objects
of the law by avoiding all necessity for its infringement, the Inge-
uious and effective Itamoneur machine has been invented. This
Invention consists of four brushes forming a square head, which
by means of elastic springs contracts or expands, according to
the small or extended space iu which the machine moves, thereby
treating an even pressure on all four sides of a chimney. The
rods attached to this head er brush are supplied at •intervals with
universal spring joints, capable of turning even a right angle
and the whole is surmounted with a doable revolving, ball, having
also a universal spring joint, which leads the brush with certainty
past every angle, and into every corner, cleansing its mute most
perfectly. The capabilities of this machine are best demonstrated
by the fact, that it is exclusively used in the Government and
numerous public offices, while the patronage bestowed by a large
number of the nobility and gentry in eontinuing their annual con-
tracts to the patentees evidences their sense of its superiority, as well
as of the philanthropic views of the projectors. Detailed prospectuses
may be obtained, and a working model of the machine seen, at the
offices of the solicitor, F, Holman, Esq., 39, Jennyn-street, St.
James's ; at Messrs. Barry and Co.'s, brokers, 7, Birchin-lane ; at
W. Heath, Esq.'s, Nag's Head-court, Gracechurch-street ; and at the
principal office, 1, Wellington-street, London-bridge, Borough, where
applications for shares may be addressed.

Illustrated by 26 Anatomical Coloured Engravings on Steel.
3N PHYSICAL DISQUALICATIONS, GEN-ERATIYE INCA.I 1-
CITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE.
New Edition, enlarged to 196 pages. Just published, price 2s. 6d., or
by post, direct from theEstaislishment, 3s. 6d: is postage stamps,
" PHE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on
1 the infirmities and decay of the generative system, from ex-
cessive indulgence, infection, and the inordinate use of mercury,
with remarks on Marriage, and tke means of obviating certain dis-
qualifications. Illustrated by 26 Coloured Engravings. By It. and
L. PERRY and CO., 19, Beraers-street, Oxford-street, London.
Published by the Authors : sold by Strange, 21, Paternoster-row ;
Hannay, 63, and Sanger, 150, Oxford-street ; Starie, 23, Titshborae-
-treet, Haymarket ; and Gordon, 146, Leadezhall-street.
PART I. treats of the anatomy and physiology of the re-productive
organs, and Is illustrated by Six Coloured Engravings.
PART 11. treats of the consequences resulting from excessive indul-
gence, and their lamentable effects on the system, producing mental
and bodily weakness, nervous excitement, and generative incapacity.
It is illustrated b) Three Explanatory Engravings.
PART 111. Treats of the diseases resulting from infection, either in
the primary or secondary form, and contaials explicit directions fir
their treatment. The consequences of early neglect and of the abase
of mercury, are also clearly pointed out. This- section is illustrated
by Seventeen Coloured Engravings.
PART IV. Treats of Perry's Preventative Letion, by the use of
which the dangers of infection are obviated. It combines with the
virus chemically, and destroys its power an the system.
PART Y. Is devoted to the consideration if marriage, and Its
_hales, The causes of unproductive union, are also considered, and
the whole subject critically and philosophically inquired into.
THEUORDIAL BALM OF STRIACOM is exclusively employed 111 treat-
im a.; vous and sexual debility, impotence, &c., ifs .and Us. per
Dottie. The Concentrated Detersive Essence, an anti-syphilitic
remedy, for purifying the blood in cases of infection, secondary symp-
toms, eruptions, and the abuse of mercury, I Is. mid 335. per bottle.
Perry's Purifying Specific Pills, 2s. id., 4s. 6d., and lls. per box, r.
certain remedy in gonorrhoea, gluet, strictures, and chronic inflamm
tion of the bladder. Perry's Preventative Lotion, an application to
Jbviate the danger of infection, 335. a bottle. Consultation. fee, if
by letter, 12. SI. Packets with advice tobe had at the Establishment
only, by which the fee, 11. ,is saved. Attendance :mob at 19, Ber-
ners-street, from Eleven WI Two, and Five to Eight: ors Saudays
rout Eleven to Gan.

SUICIDE OF A DERCENDINT OF THE PENDELL
FAMlLY.—Yesterday Mr. W. Payne held an inquest at
the Queen's Head, St. Martin's-le-Grand, on the body
of Charles Pendril, aged 33, a journeyman shoemaker,
The deceasal was by his ancestors connected with a
very important event in the English history. He was a
descended of the Pendrils who rendered such great
st,rvices to Charles the Second when pursued by his
enemies, and lying concealed in the oak. For this act
of loyalty the head of the family was rewarded with a
pension of 1001. a year, but from political circumstances
payment was in after years suspended by the Govern-
ment (some say refused by the family), and it was only
recently that the descendants, who are all in indigent
circumstances, endeavoured to obtain its renewal. The
det.,ea:-ed was the son of Mr. Pendril, known as having
given -
shelter in his house to young Watson, who was
concerned in the Cato-street conspiracy, secreted him
for several weeks while the public officers were in search
of him, and afterwards safely sending him to America
in the disguise of a Quaker. The deceased resided at
No. 4, King's Head-court, and lately had been much
depressed in spirits from the want of sufficient work.
On Saturday night ho suspended himself from a rail on
which the clock was hung, and was found next morning
lifeless. The jury returned a verdict of " Temporary
insanity."
The new Coffee-room at the Carlton Club, Pall-
mall, by Mr. Sydney Smirke, which was opened to the
members last week, is a handsome apartment, ninety-
three feet long, thirty-seven feet wide, and twenty-one
feet three inches high, formed into three compartments
by Corinthian columns on pedestals (four pairs), which
project into the room. The fire-place is in the middle
of the long side of the room, and the entrance door is
opposite to it. The dressings of the latter include
columns of French marble. There are three windows at
each end, and a large octagon light over the centre com-
partment. The ceiling is formed with deeply recessed
panels highly enriched, with a handsome frieze beneath,
and is polychromatised by Mr. Sang, in a more artist-
like manner than anything ho has before -I sue. The
walls are lined with satin-wood to a certain height, and
above that are painted in panels of faint greens, The
columns are green scagliola with white capitals, gilt, and
black and gold pedestals. The effect of the whole is
very satisfactory • Some elegant candelabra by Whit-
field and Hughes deserve commendation.—Builder.
POTATO PLANTING. —The quantity of potatoes being
put in the ground this spring will more than double the
quantity set this time last year.--Limerick Chronicle.

CITY COURT OF SEWERS.
Upon the meeting of the Court the members pro •
ceeded to elect a chair an for the ensuing year.
Mr. CONDRR, seconded by Mr. UN IN, moved that
Deputy Peacock be appointed chairman, of whose
experience, care, constant attention, and patience, in
matters of business they were all perfectly aware.
The Deputy was unanimously elected.
The CUAIRMAN then adi.iressed the meeting. He
must, he said, be composed of materials very different
from those he thought to be Sc' ive within him, if he
did not feel grateful for the honour the commissioners
conferred upon him for the third time. However
humble his abilities might be, he certainly should
not abate his efforts to perform the duties of the
office efficiently.—(Hear, hear.) Since his appoint-
ment he had never been absent but once, and the
public,
who knew but little of the labours of the com-
missioners, had to learn that they had held during the
last year seventy-six courts and committees, besides
meetings, on the subject of the rates, amounting to
about twice a week. Their business was, in fact, im-
mense. The Government were aware of their exer-
tions, and no doubt was entertained as to the passing
of their Bill. They had undergone examination at
Gwydyr House before the metropolitan commis-
sioners, who seemed to be only anxious to get at the
truth from those who were just as anxious to give it.
—(Cheers.) He hoped that body would render to
the country the benefits it was entitled to receive.
For his part, his time should be wholly at the service
of his fellow citizens.

THE PRICE OF GAS.
Upon the reading of the minutes of the preceding
Court,
Mr. GODSON, in refemnc a to the experir4entka.t,lg
gasburners, said the object of the commissioners was,
not to identify themselves with any particular man of
science, but to make the gas companies reduce their
price; and he trusted that, if the commissioners
should find it necessary to advertise, the advertise-
ment would not be considered mere humbug, as bad
hitherto been the case, the two companies not having
received any interruption in their long-standing
monopoly. The public expected and must obtain a
fair reduction.
Deputy STEVENS suggested the appointment of a
sub-committee to ascertain tae value of gas.
The CHAIRMAN said that when the important ques-
tion of the City supply of gas should come regu-
larly before the Court, the cheapness as well as puri-
fication of the article should be considered for the
benefit of the public. At the same time the public
must not be deceived. It was the intention of the
Court to ascertain whether the reduction from 7s. to
6s. was an adequate reduction. If such appeared to
be the case it would be most unreasonable to require
the price to be made still lower. If a further reduc-
tion was to be fairly expected and refused, the ques-
tion then would be, and it would be soon decided,
whether the streets of the City should not be broken
up, and a new company let in for competition.
Mr. GODSON said that he had some years ago sup-
ported Mr. Charles Pearson's proposition in the Court
of Common Co:uttril, and if that proposition had been
carried,another•company would be now supplying the
'City with cheap gas. The citizens of London would
be rejoiced to hear of the chances which were multi-
plying for the reduction of the price of so indispensable
an article.

SWEEPING OF litlE STREETS.
The inspectors reported to the Court that the con-
tractors had, in almost every instance, performed
those duties well in the streets, courts, lanes, and
alleys by superficial removal. One contractor, named
Newman, was fined upon the complaint of an inha-
bitant that the dust on his premises was not removed,
although notice had been given, and the Court re-
quested that all inhabitants who had cause of com-
plaint would take the trouble to make the representa-
tion, and correction should immediately follow.

NUISANCES OF GAS REFUSE.
One of the inspectors reported that the smell pro-
ceeding from the horrible gas refuse which issued
from the gas manufactories into the sewers bad be-
come in some localities quite intolerable, especially of
late, diffusing the most noxious exhalations.
Mr. Havwoon (surveyor to the Commissioners)
said there was a most filthy residuum of which the
gas manufacturers were anxious to get rid. It was
so frightfully strong that it invariably caused sick-
ness, and in some instances it caused death. The
reeeeri why the nuisance was so dreadful at the pre-
sent time was, that it was considered prudent to
flush off the residuum at times when heavy rains
'prevailed. The flushing took place once in three
months.
Mr. LAWRENCE said the Court had no -power to
deal with such a horrible nuisance, as the manufac-
tory from which it proceeded was in Worship-street,
out of the City. He had heard that the residuum
had the power of turning the colour of silver into
that of gold in the pockets of those who resided
within its influence. To correct such an evil it
would be necessary to apply to the new metropolitan
board, for the flushing from the country fell down
upon the City with all abominations. He moved that
a deputation should wait upon the metropolitan board
accordingly.
Mr. HARRISON seconded the motion. He consi-
dered that the health of numbers was affected most
seriously by flushing such horrible refuse down the
sewers.
Mr. STACY was convinced that the metropolitan
board, of which Dr. Southwood Smith, who resided
in Finsbury, was nit active member, would most
attend to
promptly any representation made by the
City Commission.
The deputation was then appointed.
ALLEGED LIBEL UPON THE CITY SEWER AUTHO-

RITIES.
Mr. BLAKE begged to be allowed to call the atten
tion of the Court to a paragraph which appeared in
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, but first wished to
he informed by the surveyor whether it was the
fact that some of the City sewers were paved with
granite
Mr. Hair wools replied that he had never heard of
anything of the kind.
Ur. BLAKE said it had been stated in the journal
alluded to, and Mr. Chambers vouched for the truth
of the statemsnt, that the City sewers were paved
with granite supplied by the chief promoter of the
question, who traded in the article. A report of that
description was calculated to excite against the City
Sewer authorities a prejudice not easily removable,
inasmuch as the ccntradiction might not meet with a
hundredth part of the readers to whom the libel was
known.—(Hear, hear.) There were, he regretted to
say; many members of the press who were influenced
by the absurd and uncharitable prejudice that the
best way of extolling the exertions and ability of one
body was to depreciate the labours of another. He
felt convinced that the Commissioners of the City
Sewers possessed all the capabilities of serving their
fellow-citizens.
Mr. LAWRENCE said he believed the openings and
the steps of some of the sewers were paved with
granite, as being more durable than any other mate-
rial, and better adapted to the purpose. He gave the
Messrs. Chambers credit for about as much knowledge
of sewers as his horse possessed ; but the language of
depreciation was, it would appear, the road to respect
and admiration. The man who could not see a single
beauty in a gallery of paintings was the person whose
judgment was most likely to sway. the multitude,
although the very individual most deserving of con-
tempt for his presumption and stupidity. The Messrs.
Chambers congratulated the public upon the newly
appointed board, who had done nothing but employ
all the old surveyors, and flushed the sewers, a prac-
tice known and carried into effect before they were
born. Mr. Lawrence then ridiculed the estimate
formed of the relative value of wheat and excrement'
in the vocabulary
of our modern philosophical bene-
factors of mankind, but expressed an opinion that the
discussion upon those subjects would be attended with
ultimate advantage to the public, however disagreeable
it might be to be obliged to be assailed with such
enormous humbug as distinguished the doings of the
present day.
THE NUMBER OF PRIVATE DRAINS WITHIN THE CITY.
Sewers Surveyor, re-
Mr. HAYWOOD, the City
ported to the Court as follows
The total number of houses of every description
within the city is about 16,000.
4, The total number of drains connecting with
public sewers up to November, 1841., was 7,738."
This will appear to leave 8,262 houses, or nearly
every other house without drainage. Such, however,
is not the case, for the following reasons ;
~ Although, generally, houses have a separate
drainage, yet, in a great manycases, one drain is
made to serve the purposes of two or three houses.
In numerous instances, also, courts of six or eight
houses collect their separate drains into one, which
ultimately connects with the public sewer. In all
such cases therefore, although but one drain is re-
corded in your books to enter the sewer, a larger
proportion of houses are drained than the drain so
recorded would indicate.
Again, nearly the whole of the property south
of the Thames is believed to drain at once into the
River. In this case, then, you have no record of the
number of buildings drained.
" Your officers not having the power to enter pre-
mises, the precise number of houses actually drained
cannot be ascertained; but, from such information as
you have, I think I am within the quantity when I