The Sun.
London, England, 1848-11-24 00:00:00

SUPPLY OF GIB TO THE CITY.

Mr. Deputy PEACOCK presented the report of the Com-
missioners of Sewers relative to the supply of gas to the
city of London.
The report, to which were appended the statement of
the City Solicitor, already published, and the report of
the Committee of General Purposes of the Sewers on the
subject, concluded with the order—
" That the Remembrancer do prepare the necessary
notices to be duly advertised and served according to the
standirg orders of Parliament, that this Court will apply
in the next session of Parliament for leave to bring in
a Bill to effect the objects recommended in the report of
the said committee."
The report alluded to, it will be recollected—
" Recommended to the Court of Sewers, as the only
probable means of obtaining a reduction in the cost of
gas, that notices be at once prepared, and advertised as
required, that the Court would apply to Parliament for
power to erect gas works, and to lay down pipes and
mains within the city of London and the Liberties
thereof, with power to puueha,e the works, pipes, and
mains of the existing gas companies, or of any other
gas company hereafter to be established within such
limits."
Mr. ANDERTON apprehended that an imputation might
be fixed upon the City in consequence of the Remem-
brancer's advertisement in the papers relative to the
potices adopted by the Commissioners of Sewers on the
subject of the supply of gas. He thought that the ad-
vertisement looked like a notice that the City intended
to trade in the article.—(A laugh, and cries of " No,
no.") lie thought it would be more wise to go to Par-
liament for power to obtain a cheaper supply of water,
a necessary which the poor required much more than
they needed that about Which the Commissioners of
Sewers seemed to be so anxious.
Mr. Deputy OnaLnD said, the water question would
in a few days come on before the Commissioners of
Sewers.—(hear, hear.) All the difference was, that
the gas question, which nobody could deny was an =
portent one, -
happened to come on first.

Mr. Deputy IlAnarson represented the necessity for
agreeing to the report of the Commissioners of Sewers,
and repelled the insinuation, that there was a disposition
to trade in the article, which they wished to obtain at a
less enormous cost. When the Gas Bill was first intro-
duced into Parliament a clause was introduced to give
the City the power of preventing exorbitant charges for
the article, but unfortunately that clause had been sur-
reptitiously removed in the progress of the measure, and
thus the inhabitants had been left to the mercy of the
two companies. It was to recover the power thus sur-
reptitiously taken away that the Commissioners desired
to apply to Parliament. They wished to obtain for the
inhabitants of the city of London gas at the price at
which it was supplied to the large towns throughout the
country, and they wero pursuing th course best calcu-
lated to lead to such a result.—(flcare , hear.)
After a few observations from Deputy Stevens, Mr.
Norris, and Mr. 11. Taylor, who were all of opinion that
the city of London would, through the exertions of the
Court, be soon supplied with cheaper gas and cheaper

water,
Mr. Deputy Peacock's motion, that the Court agree
with the report, was adopted.
SANITARY REGULATIONS—THE CITY OF LONDON.
Mr. Deputy PEACOCK then brought up the following
report from the Commissioners of Sewers:--
" Resolved—That the Chairman, with the medical
officer of health; he requested to attend the Lord Mayor,
and express the opinion of this Court that it is expedi-
ent that a board of health should be at once formed by
the Court of Common Council, with, ,
power to act in
case of need, as they may be advised.'
The LORD MAYOR said, that the chairman of the Corn-
missionrs of Sewers, and the medical officer of health,
had waited upon him and represented that although
they had the gratification to be able to state that the city
of London had never been in a better state of health than
it enjoyed at the present time, still they considered it
necessary to take precautions in the event of the ap-
pearance of a disease which could not be contemplated
with indifference. His Lordship then adverted to the
course adopted in 1831 when the cholera was appre-
hended, and left it to the Court to decide whether it
would or would not be prudent to act upon the principle
which influenced them upon that emergency.
Upon the motion," that the Court should agree with
the report, and appoint a committee accordingly,"
Mr. ANDERTON said he considered that as the Com-
missioners of Sewers were to have the power over the
sanitary matters of the City by Act of Parliament, it
would be inconsistent, and might be injurious for the
Court of Common Council to interfere by appointing a
committee, for a time might arrive at which the two
committees might act against each other.—(Hear, hear.)
As the Commissioners of Sewers were to have the