The Sun.
London, England, 1844-06-08 00:00:00

COURT OF SEWERS.

A Court of Sewers for the city and liberty of West-
minster and part of the county of Middlesex, was held
yesterday at the Sewers'-office in Greek-street.
The Chair was taken at Twelve o'Clock, by T. L.
Donaldson, Esq.
The Court, having disposed of the greater portion of
the routine business before it, proceeded to the conside-
ration of the subject of sanctioning the order of the 28th
May, for arching 'over about 1,000 feet of the King's
Scholars' Pond Sewer, Mr. Thomas Cubitt agreeing to
construct one moiety at his own. expense, and to build
the remainder at 21. 12s. per foot run, making the cost
to the district about 1,309/.

Mr. LESLIE, at some length, opposed the proposition,
and moved, as an amendment, that Mr. Rennie and Mr.
Tredgold's reports, together with a previous Committees'
reports as to the line of the King's Scholars' Pond
Sewer should be reprinted and sent to all the Com-
missioners, and that the propositions for improving that
sewer should be considered at a Court specially sum-
moned for that purpose on some early day—the Court
to sit at ten o'clock.

The amendment was lost by a majority of four, after
some discussion, there being eleven hands held up for
the amendment, and fifteen against.
The original motion was declared to be carried by a
majority of fourteen.
The next business the Court proceeded to consider
was, to receive the reply of Mr. George Bird, contractor,
to the notice sent to him by order of Court, relative to
the failure of portions of the main sewer built by himlin
Gloucester -road, Paddington.

On the matter being called on,
Mr. GARROD, a solicitor, stated that he appeared as
the agent and solicitor of Mr. Bird.
Some discussion arose as to whether Mr. Garrod
could be heard till Mr. Bird had sent in a written reply.
It was, however, determined by a majority of the Court,
that he should be heard.

Mr. GARROD then proceeded at considerable length
to address the Court on behalf of Mr. Bird. He con-
tended that Mr. Bird had performed his contracts
strictly; that the materials and workmanship he had
employed, had never been complained of by the sur-
veyors of the Court or their clerk of the works; that
the accidents that had taken place were caused by the
form of the sewer, and not by bad materials or bad
workmanship ; and that, under such circumstances, the
Court was not in a position to call upon Mr. Bird to
remedy the defects in the sewer. He also defended Mr. Bird
against the statements made by Philips, one of the clerks
of the works, and asserted positively that Mr. Bird, in-
stead of doing less, had done more work than he was re-
quired to do by his contract. He was satisfied that the
Court had come to the decision they had done without
mature deliberation, and he, on Mr. Bird's behalf, was
willing to abide by any judgment the Court might come
to after it had fully weighed the case. If the Court de-
termined that the accident was caused by the fault of
Mr. Bird, he was willing to do all i❑ his power to put it
in repair ; but if the Court, after due consideration, de-
termined it would not act as judge and jury, Mr. Bird
was willing to submit the case to any Court or any in-
dependent gentlemen.
Mr. GARROD, on being called upon to give, on a future
day, a written answer for Mr. Bird, said that he could
do so in three minutes. The answer was—that Mr.
Bird asserted that he had done the work according to
the contract, and was not liable to make it good.
After some further discussion, the further considera-
tion of the question of Mr. Bird's reply was adjourned
till Tuesday week, at twelve o'clock.
The Court then adjourned.

COURSE OF EXCITA]
Amsterdam CF. 12 6
Ditto, at sight l2 4
Rotterdam 2U. 12 64,
Antwerp 25 90
Hamburgh M.B. 13 14
Altona l3 l
Paris, 3 days' sight 25 65
Ditto, 3 months 25 85
Marseilles
Bourdeaux 25 90
Frankfort on Maine l2li
Petersburgh, 3Us 364
Berlin 7
Vienna, effec. fl. 3-M 953
Trieste, ditto ...... 9 54
Madrid 37

TGE.—(YESTERDAY.'
Gibraltar
Leghorn 3O 45
Genoa 25 90
Milan
Venice .......
Naples 39
Palermo, per oz ll7
Lisbon 54
Oporto 531
Rio Janeiro 23
Bahia 23
Buenos Avres
NowYork,2ldys sight
Philadelphia
PRICES OF BULLION, PER OZ.
Foreign Gold, bars. £3 17 9
Portugal Gold Coin 3 17 5
New Doubloons 0 0 0
New Dollars 0 4 10
Silver in Bars 0 4 11l

Cadiz

gilbao 36
Barcelona 36

Seville

PROMISSORY NOTES.
(From Last Night's Gazette.)
An account of the Average Aggregate Amount of Promis-
sory Notes payable to bearer on demand, which have been
in circulation in the United Kingdom, distinguishing those
circulated by the Bank of England, by Private Banks, and
by Joint-Stock Banks, in England and Wales, by the Banks
in Scotland, by the Bank of Ireland, and by all other Banks
in Ireland, and of the Average Amount of Bullion in the
Bank of England, during the four weeks ending the 24th day
of May, 1844, pursuant to the Act of 4th and sth Vic
toria, cap. 50 :