The Sun.
London, England, 1850-01-23 00:00:00

CITY COURT OF SEWERS.

The commissioners held their ordinary weekly
meeting at the Guildhall yesterday ; Mr. Deputy
Peaccck in the chair.

THE CITY MARKETS.
After the usual routine business of the day bad been

pose of,

kr. Sim. oN, City medical officer of health, said he
had to announce to the Court that he had received a
summons to attend as a witness before the Royal
Commissioners appointed to inquire into Smithfield-
market ; and being an officer of that court, whose
duties were connected with the markets of the City, •
he wished to submit the matter to their consideration,
to ascertain whether or not he ought to obey the
summons.

Mr. Deputy CORNET referred to a complaint made
at a previous meeting, that a certain court was not
properly supplied with water, and said it had turned'
out, on further investigation, that the court in .ques-
tion was in the county, and not within the jurisdic-
tion of the City. The calumny, however, had gone
forth to the world that the commission neglected its
duty in the case in question ; but they had no means
of accompanying it with the refutation of the charge.
Therefore the commission was not allowed by these
aspersions to stand in a fair position before the public,
who only heard one side of the question, and that an
untrue one. Under these circumstances, he thought
if Mr. Simon was to go before the Royal Commis-
sioners on Smithfield-market, it was highly necessary
that he should receive instructions to confine his
statements to what existed within the boundaries of
the jurisdiction of that court.
Mr. BLAKE said it was true a court to which their
attention bad been called proved to be situated in the
county, and out of their jurisdiction ; but before they
censured their officers for being too officious, they
ought first to have no courts in the City quite as
badly supplied with water as this one, which hap-
pened to be out of their jurisdiction. With regard
to Mr. Simon attending the Royal Commission, he
(Mr. Blake) apprehendee no member would oppose
that; and as respected instructions, he presumed that
none further should be given to Mr. Simon than that
he was to give all the truthful information to the
Commissioners which he possessed.
Mr. GODSON concurred with Mr. Deputy Corney
in considering that Mr. Simon's statement before the
Royal Commissioners should be confined to the juris-
diction of the City.
Mr. H. L. TAYLOR said that with regard to Mr
Simon's request to have the sanction of that court for
going before the Royal Commissioners, he hoped the
Court would not express any opinion at all on the
subject, but allow Mr. Simon to adopt the course that
he thought proper. If the Commissioners wanted
evidence from him as to the sanitary state of Smith-
field, and were not satisfied with the evidence already
adduced before a Committee of the Honse of Corn
mons, which had declared, beyond the opinion of any
man, that the existing market could not be better,
and that there was no other place in. the world equal
to it, then let them procure what further evidence
they required ; but that Court ought not to give Mr.
Simon any instruction on the subject.
The CHAIRMAN then announced that the Court
would make no order in the matter, but left it entirely
to Mr. Simon himself to decide whether be should
appear before the Royal Commissioners or not.
The discussion then dropped, and the Court shortly
after wards adjourned.

THE RUSSIAN LOAN.
TO THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER.
Sir,—Will not the wily Nicholas by-and-by tell all
the English subscribers to the Russian five-and-a-half
millions' loan, that it is an illegal contract, and that
they are entirely out of court?
is he not better versed in English law than some
of our high-principled merchants and innocent stock-

jobbers ?
Does not the 3d condition of his cunning ukase
subject English buyers and sellers, as well as the
contractors, to the pains and penalities of our lottery
laws ? W hut says her Majesty's Attorney-General ?
Should contractors with foreign Governments be
more eligible to sit and vote in Parliament than con-
tractors with the British Government ? 'What says
the First Lord of the Treasury ?
Why do you inexorably tax bargains and passen-
gers in English, Irish, and Scotch railways, and
wholly exempt those of France and Muscovy ? Why !
oh, why ! say you ?
Jan. 21, 1850.

ZACC /10.

DERSYSBIRE PROTECTIONIST MEETING.—MY. Col-
ville, one of the members for South Derbyshire was not
present at the Protectionist meeting, held at Derby last
Friday; and we understand the Honourable Member has
considerably altered his opinions, and has become a con-
vert to free trade. There is a rumour that he is abort
to resign his seat.—Nottingham Journal.
DEFEAT OF THE PROTECTIONISTS IN SOUTH LEI-
CESTERSHIRE.—A meeting in support of Protection was
held at Hinckley on Monday, at which Mr. Packe„ the
Member for the southern division cf the county, pre-
sided. Lord Howe declined attending, because he dif-
fered in opinion with these who had convened the meet
ing as to tie cause of agricultural distress. Mr. New-
degate, M.P., was among the speakers. Mr. Pratt, a
stocking-maker, moved an amendment to the first reso-
lution, to the effect that the meeting repudiated the idea
of petitioning for a return to Protection. This amend-
ment was earned, and Mr. Packe then dissolved the
met ting, finding that a prolongation of the proceedings
would only confirm the defeat already sustained.
THE LATE FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT AT WOMB-
WELL'S MENAGERIr.—During the past week many hun-
dred persons have visited the exhibition, attracted
thither by the interest the late melancholy accident has
occasioned, as the tiger which caused the death of the
unfortunate " lion queen" is still shown. It was for
some time announced that the authorities had inter-
fered, and that the animal w ass to be shot, but owing to
there being some difficulty in Alia matter—it being con-
sidered as private property—this has not taken place.
The animal is a fine specimen of the feline tribe, though
certainly not so large as many now exhibiting in this
country, and among the other beasts confined with it
appears by no means a vicious animal. We understand
that fur the future Mr. Wombwell has prohibited a
female from entering the den of any of the animals, but
occasionally one of the male attendants will enter the
cage, to show the mastery to be obtained over the deni-
zens of the forest and jungle. The unfortunate girl,
who met with so shocking a death, was on Tuesday re-
moved by her parents to Coventry, where she was
buried. Since the catastrophe, we understand that the
tiger has been confined in a separate den.—Maidstone
Journal.
MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF A POLICEMAN.-011
Monday night policeman Stamford, of the Notts rural
police force, left Cotgrave, a village about seven miles
from Nottingham, in a cart, along with a prisoner who
had bren apprehended on a charge of robbery, and
whom he was directed to convey to the Nottingham
police-station. At eight o'clock in the evening, Mr.
Thomas Smart, of the Trent Bridge, when proceeding
on the Cotgrave-road, observed the policeman in the cart
alone, with his head reclining on the seat. Mr. Smart,
and a man who came up at the moment, supposing the
policeman was asleep, endeavoured to arouse him, but
were horrified to find that he was lifeless. The body
was conveyed to the Trent Bridge Inn, and a surgeon
was sent fur, but his services were of no avail. There
were no marks of violence on deceased's face, but the
surgeon refused to examine the body until he received
instructions from the coroner. The man who had been
in deceased's company has not yet been recaptured.
ARRIVALS or SPECIE.—The following arrivals of
specie have just taken place from the countries men-
tioned. The vessel Java, from Bombay, brought 7
cases of silver, consigned to order; the Diamond, from
Callao, 1 box of gold, addressed to an eminent house,
and 1 bar of silver, and 1 box of gold, consigned to the
Bank of England ; the Highlander, from Oporto, 4
cases of silver, consigned to order; the Free-trade, from
Oporto, 2 cases of specie addressed, and 1 case con-
signed to order; the Glenelg, from Port Adelaide, Bom-
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dressed, and 16 boxes of silver from Bombay, consigned
to order; the Charles Brownell, from Coquimbo and
Valparaiso, 325 bars of copper, addressed to a firm cf
eminence; the Parliament, from Boston, United States,
600 bars of (Chili) copper, similarly addressed ; the
Carnatie, from Cuddalore, Madras, and the Cape, 1
box of specie from the latter place, consigned to order;
the Essex, from Calcutta and the Cape, I box cf specie
from the latter place, addressed to a firm of eminence:
the Black Prince, from Arica and Islay, 3,000 bags of
copper, addressed to a house of commercial eminence;
and the vessel Coldstream, from Calcutta, 5 boxes of
silver consigned to order.
TESTIMONIAL TO MR. DOCKRAT, RESIDENT ESOP.
NEER OF THE NORTHWESTERN RAILWAY.--AS a testi-
monial of respect for his well-known and uniform inte-
grity of character, IMr. Deckray has had the proud gra-
tification of being presented by his brother officershin
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serviceplate, together with his p
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5001. London and North-Western ailway stock, was
presented to Robert Benson Dockray, Esq., M.LC.E.,
elegant silver service
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resident engineer ( f the London and North-Western
1848.,, testimonial
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has been engraved in a masterly style by T. L. Atkin-
son, Esq.
RAILWAY ACCIDENT NEAR EDINBURGH.—On Fri-
day forenoon last an accident occurred on the North
British Railway, about three miles from Berwick, by
which an elderly female lost her life. The deceased
Was crossing the rails at a place called Marshall's Mea-
dows, when the express train which leaves Edinburgh at
a quarter before ten A.M. came up, knocked her down,
and the wheels passing over her, caused instantaneous
death.
REMLRIUBLE METEOR.—A very large and brilliant
meteor passed nearly over this city, yesterday moraine,
at six o'clock. Its apparent magnitude liras about half
that of the moon, and its colour was purplish. It had e
long tapering tale. Its course was nearly from south to
north, and, while its raid transit lasted, it visibly Wu,
minded the streets.--A60440 Jlsrald Qi sturdoy.