The Sun.
London, England, 1848-05-19 00:00:00

MINSTER.

On the motion that the House do now resolve itself
into a Committee on the Health of Towns Bill,
Sir R. INGLIS wished to set right a statement which
had been made the other night by the Hon. Member
opposite (Mr. Frewen) relative to fever, which he had
stated to exist in the neighbourhood of the Chapter of
Westminster,in consequence of experiments that had been
making of some deodorising fluid. He had made inquiries
upon the subject, and he had ascertained that no case of
fever, with the exception of one, had occurred in that
part of Westminster to which the Hon. Member had
alluded. He was informed that Westminster was never
in a more healthy state with respect to its inhabitants
than at the present moment.
t Mr. FREWEN had made the statement upon the au-
thority of several gentlemen who had called upon him
from the board of gusrdins of the parishes of St. John
and St. Margaret's, Westminster, and those gentlemen
were only anxious that the mode of proceeding he bad
adverted to, if it had been productive of the results he
had been informed it had, should be put a stop to. If he
had made an erroneous statement, he was sorry for it.
After some observations from Mr. HENLEY and Sir R.
Istcus, the House resolved itself into Committee on
the Bill, Mr. Bernal in the chair.
Lord MORPETH proposed that a proviso should be
added to the third clause to the effect that the General
Board of Health should continue only for five yesrs.
The clause so amended was agreed to.
On Clause 6 being proposed,
Mr. HENLEY asked what the salaries of the Com-
missioners would be ?
Lord MORPETH said it would net exceed 1,5001. for
the Commissioners, while the salary of the Secretary
would be the same as that paid to the Secretary of the
Commons Enclosure Commission.
After some further discussion the clause was agreed to.
Clause 7 was then proposed—that, upon the petition
of re less than fifty inhabitants, householders, the board
to direct an inspector to visit and inquire.
Mr. AIILES suggested that thirty inhabitants would
be sufficient to join in a petition.
After some discussion the Government consented to
compromise the matter by limiting the number to one-
tenth of the inhabitants, and the clause was then agreed
to and passed.
In clause $ an amendment by Lord Lincoln was 'greed
to that the notice of inquiry into any town should also
be left with the clerk of the union or parish, and the
clause as amended was passed.
Clause 9 was then proposed.—Application of the Act
upon the report of the General Board of Health.
The clause, after a short desultory conversation, was
agreed to, with some verbal amendments.
Clause 10 was next proposed and agreed to. Clauses
11 and 12 were also agreed to, as were also clauses 13,
14, 15, 16, and 17, with a few verbal amendments.
(LITT IIITTI1110.)

RAILWAY COMMITTEES.
(THIS DAY.)

GROUP 11.
SHEFFIELD AND MANCHESTER.
Another day was taken up with the opposition to this
Company's Humber Ferries Improvement Bill.

GROUP IV.
SOUTH-WESTERN.
The Committee passed the Bill of this company for
adopting the Direct Portsmouth line at Bodmin, and
making various deviations.

GROUP VI.
SOUTH-WESTERN EXTENSION.
The case for the Bill to enable the South-Western
Company to extend their Windsor and Staines line from
Windsor to Slough, in opposition to the Great-Western
Broad-gauge scheme from Slough to Windsor, was
opened, and several witnesses were examined in its
favour.

GROUP IX.
LONDONDERRY AND ENNISKILLEN.
This Bill was to enable the above company to relin-
quish that portion of the line which lies between Omagh
and Enniskillen, and to make several deviations.
The Committee decided that the preamble had been
proved.

XII.
GLASGOW AND MONKLAND (BRANCH

ACROSS THE CLYDE).
Mr. AUSTIN, on behalf of the Corporation of Glasgow,
took an objection to the subscription contracts in this
me, to the effect that the promoters, instead of paying