The Sun.
London, England, 1861-12-04 00:00:00

had much communication with him upon public
affairs, I can truly say that Lord Londonderry
was, although a party man, more superior to
prejudice than most individuals whom you can
encounter; but he was a man of a very en-
lightened mind—a man who thoro f.; hly under-
stood the interests and the wants of his age, and
a man who truly understood that in a country
like England the aristocracy of the country should
place themselves at the head of the great commer-
cial interest, and in all this we find Lord London-
derry was not wanting. But, on the contrary, I
think I am only speaking tne language of accurate
truth when I say that he individually gave no mean
impulse to the enterprise of the county of Durham.
(Cheers.) Well then, I say that a man who has done
these things, who in his youth was a successful
warrior, who in his middle age, intrusted with the
interests of his country, represented them at foreign
Courts, or conducted negotiations in the field of
battle even, with signal success ; who in private
life, and in the more contracted sphere of the coun-
ties of Ireland and England with which he was con-
nected, showed himself capable of all the qualities
of an eminent citizen, was no mean character—(ap-
plause)—he was one that deserved to be recollected
in the affections of his countrymen. I think it is
equally to the honour of himself and his family and
of the county of Durham that you this day have, in
so public a manner, recorded your sense of his
character and services, and in so doing encouraged
those who come after him to remember his great
example, and to retain, by the utmost efforts of their
nature, the affections of this great community. (The
hon. gentleman resumed his seat amid loud cheers.)
The toasts which followed were " Lady London-
derry," the " Members for the County and the City
and Boroughs of the County," and " The Artist,
Signor Monti." Thus were the proceedings of the
day brought to a close, and at half-past 5 o'clock
he company separated.

They must all earnestly pray, therefore, to, be kept
out of war. If our Government, failing in obtain-
ing redress, decided upon an appeal to the sword,
then the responsibility must rest with those who
have driven us into it. But he could not believe
that such would be the case. He felt confident
that the American Government would make rea-
sonable reparation ; and he believed the English
Government would demand nothing more. He fully
bel:eved that no American Government would ven-
ture upon the insane course of involving these two
countries in war ; or if they did so, he believed the
American people themselves would speedily show
their disapproval, and insist upon the necessary re-
paration being offered.

CITY COMMISSION O 1 SEWERS.

Yesterday a meeting of the City Commissioners ol
Sewers was held at Guildhall, Deputy Christie in
the chair. Mr. Tyrell, the Remerpbrancer, and
Mr. Pearson, the City Solicitor, had been instructed
at a former meeting of the Commission to take the
opinion of counsel as to whether the 24th clause of
the special Act of the Great Central Gas Company,
which restrains that company from charging more
than 4s. per thousand cubic feet for its gas, had been
repealed or modified. by the Metropolis Gas Act
of 1860. The Remembrancer and Solicitor to the
Corporation now reporte4 that they had laid a case
on the subject before MT. Russell Gurney, the Re-
corder, Mr. Bovill, %C., and Mr. Gibbons, a special
pleader, the two. former of whom had stated sub-
stantially they we're of opinion that, there being no
special clause in the Metropolis Gas Act repealing
the provision of the•special Act of the Great Central
Company, the company was bound by its own Act
of incorporation, and could not increase the price of
its gas beyond 4s. a thousand feet. Mr. Gibbons, the
junior counsel, gave a separate and contrary opinion;
to the effect that the Great Central Company having
elected to come within the operation of the Metro-
polis Gas Act, the provisions of which overrode
those of their Act of incorporation, the contract
between the company and the public as to price was
at an end, and the company was at liberty to in-
crease its charge. On the motion of Deputy Harri-
son, the special committee of the Commission on the
supply of gas were directed to put themselves in com-
munication with the Great Central Company, with
the view to agree upon a ease for the opinion of the
Court of Queen's Bench, so as to settle the question
in dispute. A deputation from the Carburating Gas
Company, headed by Mr, E. C. Shepard, a director,
attended before the Commissioners and presented
a memorial in which they expressed their regret
that the Commissioners, at their last meeting, had
declined to accept their offer to apply their carbu-
rating process to the public lamps in the city, by
which they believed a saving would be effected of
about £2,000 a year to the rate-paying inhabitants.
The Chairman explained that the present unsettled
state of the gas question in the city was the real
cause of the Commission not having adopted the
plan, and that, but for that consideration, they
would have recommended a trial of the experiment.
On the motion of Deputy Harrison, seconded by
Deputy Whiteside, it was resolved in effect that
such alterations be made in the specification for the
new contract about to be made by the Commission
for the public lighting as would admit of the appli-
cation of the carburating process, should the Com-
missioners think it desirable to adopt it. Deputy
Elliott suggested the application of it on a partial
scale, by way of experiment before its general
adoption. Mr. Haywood, the engineer to the Com-
mission, said there would be no difficulty in arrang-
ing the specification so as to allow of the adoption
of the process in question. Mr. Saunders then pre-
sented a petition from the inhabitants of Coleman.
street Ward, numerously signed, praying the Com-
mission to use its influence in procuring the amend-
ment or repeal of certain obnoxious clauses in the
Metropolis Gas Act, or the exemption of the city
altogether from its operation, and, in the latter
event, to obtain powers for enabling the Commission
to make its own gas for the public lighting and the
general consumption of the citizens. After some
discussion, in which Dr. Abraham, Deputy Elliott,
Mr. De Jersey, and Mr. George Walker took part,
the petition was referred to the special committee
on the supply of gas for consideration an i report.
Dr. Letheby, the medical officer of health, reported
on the state of 187 houses that had been inspected
during the week, and he submitted a list of 39
places for sanitary improvement. He also submitted
certificates of the indecent and unwholesome crowd-
ing of three houses in Plumtree-court and Union-
court, Holborn. He reported that the markets and
slaughter-houses of the city had been duly inspected
during the week, and that the officers had seized
1,4191 b. of meat and 159 head of poultry as unfit
for human food. 1,0771 b. of the meat was discasi.l,
and 3421 b. from animals that had died from natural
causes. All of it has been destroyed by means of
creasote and by boiling. The mortality returns for
the week are greatly below the average for the sea-
son. The number of deaths was 52 only, instead of
67, which is the mean proportion fi r the correspond-
ing period of the last six years. 19 of the deaths
were among children ander 5 years of age, and 13
among old persons of 60 and upwards. The chief
causes of death were as follows :—Pulmonary con-
sumption, 6 ; bronchitis, 6 ; pneumonia, 1; mesen-
teric disease, 3; whooping-cough, 2 ; continued
fever, 2 ; scarlet fever, 2 ; remittent fever, 1, and
gastric fever, I—making together 9 deaths from
tubercular diseases, 7 from acute lung diseases, and
8 from zymotic. The condition of the public health
as indicated by these returns is satisfactory. 62
births were reported in the week, viz., 29 boys and
33 girls. The Court then adjourned.

HEALTH OF LONDON _DURING 2HE WEEK.

(From the Regzstrar-Genera's Weekly Return.

The deaths in London registered in the week
that ended last Saturday were 1,424, which is
nearly the same number as that returned in the
previous week. The mortality rose at the begin-
ning of November, and showed a further increase in
the middle of the month, but during the greater
part of last week the weather has been warmer, and
to this circumstance it is probably due that the pre-
sent return is not heavier than that which imme-
diately preceded it.
The rate of mortality in last week exhibits a
tolerably close approximation to that which is ob-
tained by calculation from the returns of corre•
sponding weeks in ten previous years.
The deaths from bronchitis now returned arc 198,
while the corrected average is 184 ; those from
pneumonia aro 87, the corrected average being 126.
Scarlatina was fatal in 81 cases, diphtheria in 18,
typhus in 51. Scarlatina was returned in four
cases in St. George's, Bloomsbury ; three in St.
Clement Danes (all of which were in Lower Serle's-
place) ; six in the two Waterloo-road sub-districts.
Mr. Upjohn, the registrar of Pentonville, reports
that the mortality in his sub-district has been very
high during November, and in the last week of that
month it was double the average: The increase is
caused chiefly by scarlatina, which is very preva-
lent, and was fatal last week in seven cases, four
of which occurred in two families.
A boy in Paddington and a man in Bermondsey
were bitten by dogs ; the former died in consequence
of fright, the latter from the wound. A maker of
lucifer matches died from broncho•pneumonia,
caused by inhaling noxious fumes in the course of
his occupation. A man, aged 76 years, died of
pemphigus, after seven months' illness. A labourer,
aged 50 years, died on Nov. 25 of exhaustion from
exposure. Two persons died at the age of 95 years,
and a man at 255, King's-road, Chelsea, at the age
of 101 years. He was formerly a nurseryman.
Last week the births of 880 boys and 911 girls,
in all 1,791 children, were registered in London.
In the 10 corresponding weeks of the years 1851-60
the average number was 1,684.
At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean
height of the barometer in the week was 29.696 in.
The barometrical readings rose to 29.96 inches on
Sunday, and fell to 29.36 inches on Tuesday. The
mean temperature oLthe air in the week was 44.5
deg., which is 3.3 Aleg. above the average of the
same week in• 43 iyearfili.(as determined by Mr.
Glaisber). The pain daily temperature was 10.4
deg. below "the average en Sunday, and rose
1272 deg. above..;, it on Tuesday. It was
slightly below the: average on Thursday, and
rose 10.3 deg. above it on Friday. The thermo-
meter fell below the freezing point of water on the
first two nights of the week. The lowest reading
was 26 deg., on Sunday. The highest temperature
was 57.8 deg., on Tuesday. The range of tempera-
ture in the week was therefore 31.8 deg. The mean
daily range was 13.7 deg. The lowest reading of
a thermometer on the grass was 19.7 deg. on Mon-
day. The difference between the mean dew-point
temperature and air temperature was 3.1 deg. The
mean degree of humidity of the air was 90, com-
plete saturation being represented by 100, which
pooonfintshtaewtuwarsadtaeyr. almost attained on Friday. The general
direction of the wind was south west. Rain fell to
the amount of 0.36 in., more than half of which fell
i'nrhtehemreiavne
river
wasf the e4highest temperatureth a
that
of
the
lowest was 38.8 deg. Very greatdifferences have
lately been observed between the highest and
lowest temperatures of the Thames. They must
apparently be caused by the low temperature of the
water flowing down at low water, and the high
temperature of that which flows up from the sea at
high water. If this explanation is correct, the
greatest differences should take place about the
time of full moon, which, in fact, is found to be the
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