The Sun.
London, England, 1848-03-09 00:00:00

HARWICH.

Tho Harwich Election Committee re-assembled
at the usual hour this morning ; Mr. Stuart Wortley in
the chair.

John Baker proved that on the day of the nomination
he saw two voters, named Harnock and Knight, at the
Duke's Head, in company with Mr. Hastie, who pro-
mised them 20/. each if they would Vote for Mr. Att-
wood.

FALMOUTH, MARCH 6.—The Crane packet, Lieut.
Parsons commanding, sailed for the Brazils this morn-
ing. Her passengers were Mr. Hook, Mr. Williams,
Mr. Krabby and wife, and nine steerage.
We hear that Mr. Benjamin Currey is appointed
to the office of Assistant Clerk to the Parliament, va-
gated by Ur. Dinh. -

COMMISSIONERS OF SEWERS.
(TIIIS DAY.)
The Metropolitan Sanitary Commissioners held I
Court ot Sewers this morning, in one of the Committee-
rooms of the House of Commons; Lord Morpeth in the
chair.

The cash statement having been read, and various
orders respecting the sewage of different districts having
been made,

The SECRETARY read the following resolutions of the
General Purposes Committee, as to the disposal of refuse
and control over sen•ers:—

" Resolved, ncnz. con., That the public refuse of cities
is the property of the public.
" That the refuse matters contained in the sewers of
the metropolis should remain und*' the control of the
Metropolitan Commissioners of Sewers.
" That any profit obtainable from such refuse matters
should be applied, under the sanction of the Commis-
sioners of Sewers, to the diminution of the rates.

" That the Bill of the Great London Drainage Coal•
pany, now before the House, would entirely appropriate
to this private company, without any compensation, the
whole produce of the metropolitan sewers.
"That this Bill would have the effect of entirely
superseding the Metropolitan Commission of Sewers.
"That in the opinion of this Commission no plan of
appropriating the contents of the metropolitan sewers
ought to be entertained until the general survey and
levels have been completed."
On the motion of Mr. CHADWICK, the resolution was
adopted, and power, which the committee prayed for,
granted. _ _ _

A petition was read from Mr. Stalwood, a rate-payer
of the Holborn and Finsbury division, complaining of
the excessive expense which attended the collection of
the rates of the division, and praying that the local ,
commissioners might be forced to render an explicit
account of the moneys they bad received and expended.
The petitioner stated that a silver breakfast service bad
been purchased out of the rates for the benefit of the
local commissioners ; and he prayed that this service
might be sold, and the proceeds applied to the use of
the rate-payers. _ _ _

The petition was referred to the general purpose;
committee.
Some other routine business was then disposed of,
and the Court adjourned till Thursday, the 23d inst.

THE 'DISTURBANCES IN LONDON•
In our Third Edition, last night, we stated that the
mob, after infesting the neighbourhood of the Strand,
Fleet-street, Chancery lane, Fetter-lane, Holborn-bill,
and Cheapside, and frightening the well-thinking part
of the neighbourhood, had returned to its lair, and that
all was quiet up to the hour of our Third Edition going
to press. Such was then the fact, and the inhabitants
of these:localities who closed their shops re-opened thews
and all seemed going on quietly, when suddenly the more
mischievous of the mob determined to march off to
Stepney-green, a meeting having been advertised
to take place there, under pretence of denouncing
the income-tax. There they found a couple of
vans, with a few persons in them, said to bi
orators. One of them, the Mr. Reynolds who figured
in Trafalgar-square on Monday, in default of Mr. Coch-
rane, made a rambling disjointed harangue, not about
the professed object of the meeting, but respecting
republics, Chartism, universal suffrage, liberty, equality,
&c. This, however, was soon found to be tiresome, and
the audience, about nine o'clock, and to the number of
two or three hundred, announced their determination of
proceeding en masse through Whitechapel, Aldgate, and
the principal streets of the City, to destroy windows, and
supplied themselves with stones for the purpose. This
mob was shortly joined by a large concourse of idlers
and others from motives of curiosity only, to the extent,
as they progressed as far as Whitechapel, of several
thousand persons. As they passed through Whitechapel
the work of destruction commenced. Stones were sent
flying in all directions, but in so systematic a manner,
that no individual hand could be recognised from whom
the stone was thrown.

The windows of the chemists and druggists, bakers,
and all those who had not, on the advance of the rioters,
taken the precaution to close their shops, were speedily
destroyed. The police on duty and many gentlemen and
well-disposed persons preceded the rabble, and by their
timely information of their destructive conduct enabled
the shopkeepers to close their shops, and thereby saved
a large amount of property. The disappointment of the
mob was evident from the savage yell they uttered when
they approached and found no opportunity of carrying
on their work of destruction. The windows of the upper
floors of houses were destroyed, as also the lamps, but on
their arrival at Moses and Son's their joy was evinced ;
the large squares of glass in the upper part of this
building were destroyed, the lower part being closed.
On they went through Leadenhall-street, Bishopsgate-
street,. ar.d Threadneedle-street, to the Bank, com-
mitting similar destruction. On their arrival at the
Bank an attempt at a demonstration was made, the
crowd collecting in front of the Royal Exchange, shout-
ing and yelling; but here it was evident that their leaders
understood their position, and the precautions that hsd
been taken by the City authorities, to double at every
point the police force, as also that the military guard at
the Bank had been doubled. Cries in a low voice were
heard, " No, boys, no, not here; do not stop. On! on!"
and away they went, without breaking a, single lamp in
front of the Bank; the windows of the Royal
Exchange suffered but little. At the Mansion-
house the rabble stopped, and repeated their
yelling shout, and stones were thrown. The
police here captured several without much opposi-
tion ; and at Bow Church, police-constable Burgess, 28
of the detective force, captured two of the ringleaders,
who were inciting the mob, and succeeded in conveying
them to the Bow-lane station. By this time various
sections of the mob had dispersed themselves and pursued
their course to the West• end by different routes, as is
evident, from the windows on both sides of St. Paul's ;
the large show windows of Messrs. Allan and Co., having
been destroyed, as also those of many persons in New-
gate-street, Ludgate•street, Ludgate. hill, Holborn, the
Strand, and other places. In the latter places the work
of destruction was carried on by small isolated bands of
young ruffians ; but fortunately, from the active pre-
cautions that were taken by doubly strengthening the
police force, a great number of the most active were
secured and conveyed to the several station-
houses, with scarcely in any instance any determined
opposition. The most effectual stop to the career of the
mob took place near the Old Bailey, when a large body
of the City Police attacked them with so much determi•
nation that they fled in all directions. The most active
determination exists to put a stop to the lawless proceed-
ings that are now being carried on, the whole of the
police force having been kept throughout is constant
readiness to act. The mob generally were composed
of the veriest scum of pickpockets, thieves, and coster•
mongers.

All appears quiet to-day, thanks to the effective mea-
sures so promptly taken by the City authorities and the
City Police; and the foolish and stupid demonstration
brought on by stupid and vain popularity-seeking
parties, who ran away from the Frankenstein their own
hands had reared, may now, we hope, be considered as
consigned to the tomb to watch alone it belongs, namely,
that of public disgust for itself and its authors, and ac-
companied by the desecration of every well-thinking
subject of the Queen in the metropolis.