The Sun.
London, England, 1848-01-24 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY

SANITARY REFORM.
REPORT OF THE STATE OF THE METROPOLIS MADE BY
THE COMMISSIONERS OF THE METROPOLITAN POLICE

TO THY COMMISSIONERS OF SEWERS.
At a meeting of the Commissioners of Sewers, held
on the 23d December, at No. 8, Committee-room,
House of Commons, a resolution was agreed to that
the Commissioners of the Metropolitan Police should
be applied to for information in respect to the state of
the drainage of the metropolis, and of any other sir-
=instances which might prove injurious to the health
of the inhabitants in the different divisions of the me-
tropolitan police. In compliance with that request
the following document has been drawn up :
" Metropolitan Police-office, N 0.4, Whitehall-
place, Jan. 4, 1848.
"Sir,—ln compliance with the request contained in
your letter of the 27th ult., that the Commissioners of
Police would give directions to the superintendents of
police in their respective divisions to report, for the in•
formation of the Commissioners of Sewers, those lo-
calities in which there appears to be the greatest want
of drains, and where the inhabitants are suffering
from an accumulation of offensive matters, the Com-
missioners of Police, without delay, called for the re-
turn required, and now beg to forward one from each
division of police, for the information of the metropo-
litan Commissioners of Se wers.—l am, Sir, your obe-
dient servant, "C. ROWAN.
"To L. C. llertslett, Esq.',
Return of the Localities of the Divisions in which
there appears to be the greatest want of drains, and
where the inhabitants are suffering from an accu-
mulation of offensive matter, the 31st December,
1847 :

A DlTlSlON.—WiinzuALL.—Gardner's-lans, near
Parliament- street, an accumulation of filth, in con-
sequence of the bad paving of the street, seldom swept
or cleansed.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOVII, SUNDAY. - The Leander, 52. gun
frigate, just finished building in this dockyard, on
the design of Mr. Blake, late Master Shipwright here,
is ready for floating out of the dock in which she has
been constructed, and we wish we might have added
fitted for speedy commission. That so noble a spe-
cimen of Daval achitecture should be intended for a
1 lung durance among the " ordinary " is much to be
deplored, but we trust this notice of her may lead to
her merits being tested by a trial before she is con-
demned to so obscure a position. The Leander was
laid down on the 7th of June, 1845, and whilst other
builders have got their ships off the stocks and into com-
mission away from the prying eye of observing rivals at
home, the designer of the Leander has had to be con-
tent with a gang only now and then being put upon his
vessel. At length, however, the noble work is com-
plete, but, unlike the work of his more fortunate
competitors, she is to be thrust out of sight and kept
out of commission, lest her performances throw into
the shade the vaunted excellencies of contemporary
builders.

The following are her principal dimensions :

Ft. in.
Length on the water line

Length of keel for tonnage
Breadth to outside of the wale 5O
Breadth for tonnage
Breadth moulded
Depth in hold l5 8
Height between decks (main)
Burden in tons, 1,968.

7 0

• ,
The following are the principal dimensions of the
Argus, Furious, and Resolute paddle-wheel steam-
sloops, ordered to be built in this dockyard, on the
design of the master shipwright, Mr. Fincham :
Argus.
Furious &
Resolute.

Ft. in. Ft. in.
Length between the perpendiculars 190 0 ... 206 0
Length of keel for tonnage
Breadth, extreme
Breadth, moulded
Breadth for tonnage
Depth of hold
Tons. Tons.
Burden
Horse. Horse.
Power (paddle-wheel)
A first class steam-Tessel is also about to be built
on the design of the Committee of Reference on
Shipbuilding.:
Captain Horatio T. Austin, C. 8., the talented and
experienced auxiliary to the steam department at
Woolwich, is appointed to the Blenheim steam guard-
ship at this port. It is presumed Captain Austin will
hale the superintendence of all the steamers afloat
attached to this establishment.

It is reported that a squadron of armed steam-
vessels, of various classes, in number twelve, are
ordered :to be added to the six steam-frigates already
in ordinary at this port, and to be kept ready for im-
mediate service.
The Meander, 44, Captain the lion. 11. Keppel, is
hourly expected at Spithead from Chatham. Besides
Mr. Brooke, the Raja of Sarawak and suite, Mr. W.
Napier, Lieutenant-Governor of Labuan, takes pas-
sage in her. Captain Keppel expects to sail on or
about the Ist proximo.
The Amphitrite, 25, Captain T. R. Eden, sailed from
Sierra Leone on a cruise, prior to the Bth of Decem-
ber, on which day the Philomel, 6, Commander W.
C. Wood, sent in for adjudica'ion another prize, a
Brazilian schooner, fitted for the slave traffic. On
the same day her last prize, the Atrevida, was con-
demned in court, but the Spanish authorities had
entered a protest against the condemnation.
Wind, N.E., moderate breezes, and hazy weather
—5 r.m.
The following are the promotions and appointments
or:the past week :

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