The Sun.
London, England, 1858-11-17 00:00:00

CITY S.EITTEI4S.

Yesterday the commissioners assembled at Guild-
hall, for the despatch of business—Deputy Christie
in the chair.

ILLUMINATING POWER AND CHEMICAL QUALITY OF

TTHE GREAT CENTRAL GAS. _ Dr. Letheby, the medical officer of health for the
City of London, presented his report on the illumi-
nating power and chemical quality of the gas sup-
plied by the Great Central Gas Company during
the last three months, and, as the result of 130
experiments made in accordance with the
instructions of the act of parliament, the illu-
minating power has been equal to that of 13.25
sperm candles, or 15.16 wax of 120 grains con-
sumption. This is a satisfactory result, for it shows
that the illuminating power has been a little more
than 26 per cent. over the standard of the act ofi
parliament. The chemical quality has also been
good, for the gas has been remarkably free from
ammonia and sulphuretted hydrogen.

SANITARY STATE OF THE CITY.
Dr. Letheby handled in the following report :
" The inspector's returns, which are before you,
relate to 282 houses that have been inspected since
the last meeting of the court, and I submit a list of
29 places that require your orders for sanitary
improvement in various particulars of cleansing,
draining, and water supply. I also submit a cer-
tificate for the registration of a house (No. 8) in
Golden-lane, as a common nightly lodging-house.
" The mortality returns for the last fortnight are
much in excess of those for the preceding weeks,
and of the average for this season of the year. The
total number of deaths is 132, the average for the
corresponding periods of the last two years being
121. The excess in the mortality has chiefly been
among infants, for there were 69 deaths among
children of less than five years of age, and the dis-
eases which have been unusually fatal to them are
whooping-cough, measles, and scarlet fever. The
cold weather has also produced a high mortality
from affections of the respiratory system. In the
course of the fortnight there have been 21 deaths
from bronchitis, 13 from pneumonia, and 12 from
phthisis. There have also been seven deaths from
fever, seven from scarlatina, two from smallpox,
eight from whooping-cough, ten from measles, and
five from croup and diphtheria.
" The number of births in the fortnight was 141,
of which 66 were males, and 75 were females."

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THE ARMY SERVING IN INDIA.—The
retaGrya
last night contains papers received by the
orders issued by the Governor
for India :—viz., general-h
General of India for the publication of :-1. A report from
on July
73d Foot, of his successful attack
Major Peto, her Maj
20, 1858 ; and their dispersion,
upon a body of rebels
2. A dispatch from yrigadier.llowcroft, commanding Sarun
reporting opflra2tsirs 153/ that force against the
Field Force,
18 , Capt. Sotheby, R.N.,
rebels at Belwa, on Apn
commanding Pearl's Navalßrigade, and Major J. W. Cox,
13th Light Infantry, ably co-operating. 3. A letter from
Capt. T. Dennehy, commandant Allahabad Police Battalion, and from F. Thompson, Esq., officiating magistrate d
, date August 1 and 2, 1858, reporting important service rendered
by said battalion. 4. A letter from Brigadier Douglas, C. 8.,
commanding disturbed districts of Behar and Ghazepore,
reporting his operations against the rebels in the Ghazepore
district, from July 16 to 19, 1858. 5. Correction of the
omission of the name of Capt. G. W. Harding, commanding
head-quarters, from a dispatch of Major-General Sir S.
Cotton, K C. 8., thanking the regimental officers for their
services on the Eusefzye border. 6. A dispatch from Briga-
dier Rowcroft, transmitting a report from Capt. Garrard,
27th Madras Native Infantry, of a successful attack made
by his detachment on a body of rebels at Debreheah, in the
Goruckpore district, on July 23, 1858. 7. A letter from
Brigadier Barker, C. 8., commanding at Luck-now, forward-
ing a report from Colonel Eveleigh, C. 8., her Majesty's
20th Foot, Commanding at Nawabgunge, of the result of an
expedition with a portion of his force against the rebels at
Mohan, on Aug. 4. 8. A letter from tho adjutant-general
of the army, forwarding a copy of a report from Col. F. C.
Eveleigh, C. 8., of an affair with insurgents in the neigh-
bourhood of Mohan on Aug. 8, 1858. And 9. A report Capt. E. Dennehy, commanding Allahabad Division
Military Police, of his operations against a body of rebels
in PerranuAll Jam on Aug. 27, 1846.