The Sun.
London, England, 1850-10-16 00:00:00

STATE OF TRADE:

(From the Manchester Guardian of this day.)
lis.schEsTEß, TITBsDAY.—The Bi:mbay merchants
continue-their operations in yarns suitable for that
quarter, at an advance cf 1. t.) id. per lb. upon the
tviotationS of this day week. The buyers for the
European continent, howe er, still confine themselves
to the e:xeFution of stnall orders for the supply of the
imme4ate wants cf their customers. The latest
le
tters received from the Leipsic fair scarcely come up
to the. expectations previously formed, in regard
to sarlas: it seems, therefor'. to be
expected
that file inanufa•,;turers persevere in
their cautious policy of buying only "from hand to
mouth ;" ,but,as their eupoli7 ael've scanty, and the de-
mand Cott,heir cloths ii.ooAdb,e- their purchases from our
spinners necessaray
more tfarongh the winter, which su much the
liisithatftended with
es compared
little diffiCulty now,
Hardly anything has been-done to-day tae loweru
in years.
and mediuM counts of warps and ceps, by the
facturersin this district, whom a losirg trade is driv-
ing to .a lessened consumption. Prices are firm in
bundlcs ;, in warps and cops thPre is a bias against the
producerS, though the qui:itations ::.re generally un-
charged. Doubled yarns are still neglected; and
there is less doing in the finer numbers of single,
which have hitherto been in great request for York-
shire and Russia. The Bombay merchants are still
purchasing skirtings and madapollams where their
terms are acceded to, which, however, are such as are
calculated lo force on a diminution of the production to
a greater extent than it has yet been carried, un-
less the approaching Calcutta mail should lead
to an improvement. An increasing resort to the
same measure by the makers of °that goods seems in-
evitable, from the ruinous state of prices. The Greeks
are further diminishing their business (srmll as it has
latterly been), in consequence of 2 decline of prices
at Conitananople, 'resulting mainly from advices of
an unfavourable turn in the Manchester market.
Rocruiax.E, Morintor.—The market has been some-
what like Oa se ion ut the year, dull and heavy, and
the amount bf basii.eiiictransacted has been more li-

mted. We hero hcd a quiet wool market also;
though there has net been much doing, fanner prices
have been fully maintained.
'MACCLESFIELD, TUESDAY.—There is less animation
perceptible amongst the manufacturers here, but this
is accounted for by the circumstance that we are
now between the seasons, when it is invariably a
dull time, generally taken advantage of by the
manufacturer to make an alteration of styles, which
alteration,• we understand, is being carried out
with considerable spirit by some of our leading houses.
The throwaters continue well supplied with work,
and all the mills are in full operation. In some quar-
ters a scarcity of hands is felt. No increase in stocks
is perceptible. In the raw silk market there is no
alteration from our last. The clearances continue on
an, unprecedentedly large scale, which gives a very
firm tone to the market.
HUDDEESFIELD, TUESDAY.—The demand for fancy
woollens and the better class of plain woollens con-
tinues to be rather slow in our market. We have
had many buyers in the town to-day, but the ex-
changes have not been heavy. Fancies of the newest
styles, and thick checks for the home trade, are the
most in demand at present. The shipping trade has
been dull with the exception of one or two American
houses. Yarns are in good request. Low wools
continue to maintain a good price.
Haurax, SATURDAY.—There has not been a large
attendance of buyers at our Piece Hall to-day ; and
the slackness, before noted, in the demand for worsted
goods continues about the same. There is no change
in yarn. The merchants are still holding back for
lower prices ; but there is an expectation that they
will be obliged to come into the market at the cur-
rent quotations. There Ka moderately steady busi-
ness doing in wool, and the staplers are firm holders
at late rates.
LEEDS, TUESDAY.—On Saturday last, there was a
good attendance of buyers at the hall, and a fair
amount of goods suitable for the winter season were
shown; but to-day the markets have been dull.
Stocks still continue low, and prices are firm.

METROPOLITAN COMMISSIONERS OF

SEWERS.

Yesterday afternoon aspecial general Court of
Commissioners was held at the office in Greek-street,
Soho, for the purpose of taking into consideration the
by-law proposed for the adoption of the Court by Mr.
L. Laws, respecting the drainage of new buildings
erected within the jurisdiction of the Commission, and
on other business. . .

It was deemed advisable by the Commissioners to
convene a special court for the reception of the pro-
posed by-laws; as their adoption was likely ma-
terially to affect the efictual drainage of the metro-
polis, in order that buil3ers might receive sufficient
notice of the decisive step about to be taken, and avoid
the penalties which the Court was empowered to en-

force.
Sir J. Burgoyne took the chair. Present—Captain
Dawson, Mr. Hardwick, Mr. S. M. Peto, M.P., Mr.
E. Lawes, Mr. T. Hawes, and Mr. Hardwick.
Mr. E. LAWES moved the adoption of the by-laws
of which he had given notice at the last general court,
referring to the returns required of plans of house
drainage, in the case of houses to be built or rebuilt,
and houses in the course of building cr rebuilding,
and of houses already built but not occupied, and also
in reference to the ordering of returns from dis-
trict surveyors under the Building Act, in pursuance
of the 11th and 12th Victoria, chap. 112,sec. 47. These
by-laws required that the plans a the proposed
house-drainage should be sent to the principal office
of the Sewers Commission 14 days previous to the
construction cf any house or of its rebuilding. It
required also, to a certain extent, the plans of the
drainage of such houses as were already built, but not
occupied, previous to the confirmation of the by-laws.
The returns required should comprise the situation
and construction of any water-closets, privies, or cess-
pools ; and the penalty to be enforced, in case of omis-
sion, was 51., in addition to 403. per diem in case of
further offence. _ _

Mr. PETO said, referring to the length of time re-
quired in the notice, that it might appear a long one.
The Building Act required only two days, but it
should be borne in mind that in the case of the Build-
ing Act a simple notice to the district surveyor only
was required, stating that the person giving notice
intended to build certain houses. The Act itself

already determined the thickness of the walls and the
height of the stories to be erected; but, in the case of
notices in reference to drainage, the level of sewers
already existing; and various other circumstances,
would have to be considered by the Commissioners;
and these details would necessarily occupy consider-
able time. The case of the Building Act had already
received the attentive consideration of the Commis-
sioners, and they had come to the conclusion that the
length of notice required in reference to intended
drains was not an unreasonable one, nor one which
could on any ground be objected to, considering all
the circumstances.
Mr. Ifeauwicx observed that the difficulties anti-
cipated by the Commissioners were cases where large
pieces of land were about to be laid out for building
purposes. These pieces of land might perhaps com-
prise four or Eve acres, and might contain from 100
to 150 houses. The cases of all of these houses must
come under the consideration of the Court; and the
levels of the various sewers around them must be re-
ferred to with a view to their proper drainage. Under
these circumstances he apprehended that 14 days' no-
tice was by no means too long a period for such in-
quiry and examination.
Mr. LAWES said that in the case of houses at pre-
sent in the course of construction, or of houses com-
pleted after the confirmation of the by-law but not
already inhabited, it was required that a notice of one
month should be sent to the Commissioners'-office.
The second by-law to which he should call the atten-
tion of the Court was one requiring returns of houses
building or rebuilding, from the surveyors of districts
—under the Building Act—according to the returns
made to them, as already provided for. The duty of
making these returns was imposed upon the district
surveyors under the 47th section of the Metropolitan
Building Act, which made it imperative upon them to
make such returns under a penalty of Si.
Mr. HARDWICK seconded Mr. E. Lawes'motion
for the adoption of these by-laws.
After some discussion as to the propriety of re•
ceiving them on so short a notice, the Court deter-
mined that the by-laws should be formally accepted
and presented for the confirmation of a Court, con-
sisting of ten Commissioners (as required by the
Act), on Friday, the 6th of December next.

DRAINAGE Of PRIVATE PROPERTY.
Mr. PLTo said that, in reference to the drainage
of Church-street and Carrier-street, St. Giles's, he
might observe that the works recommended were al-
ready in course of execution. The cost of those
works was levied upon the property itself, and he
wished the fact to become generally known that per-
sons possessing property in a similar condition to
that in Church-street and Carrier-street, St. Giles's,
would be assessed in a similar manner in default of
their forming a proper system of drainage. The Com-
mission was determined that, having once decided
upon the general system of the arterial drainage of
London, they would turn their attention, as even now
it was their duty to do, to these districts where pri-
vate property wr.s inefficiently drained ; and in cases
where drainage was not properly carried out they
would, in default of the execution of the necessary
lorks by the owners, drain them, and the whole ctht
would be levied upon such prope:.ty. This was afict
which could not be sufficiently promulgated amongst
persons owning house property.
Mr. HARDWICK observed that in reference to the.
new regulations as to payments adopted by the Com-
mission, a slight error, and no doubt an inadvertent
one, had been sent forth to the public. Tne report
stated that as much delay was caused by the present
system, which required six Commissioners to sign
the cheques for sums to be paid, one Commissioner
was appointed to examine the accounts, and after-
wards sign the cheques. The fact was that the delay
caused by the necessity of six Commissioners signing
the cheques had induced. the Court to require the
signature of only one Commissioner; that before the
accounts reached the gentleman appointed they had
passed the Finance Committee, and had been duly
audited. The Commissioner appointed had to ascer-
tain that the cheques signed by him were perfectly in
accordance with the sums passed by the Finance
Committee and the Auditors ; and, as a further se-
curity, the seal of the Court was affixed to each
cheque. The following votes were then confirmed by
Court :
The construction of 1,600 feet of sewer at Ball's-
pond on payment into court by the Cutlers' Company
of 4SI. at an estimated expense of 960/. of 2,090 feet
of sewer from James-street along York-street, across
the Broadway and Tothill-street, at an estimated
expense of 2,194/. ; of 1,770 feet of brick sewer,
4 feet 6 inches by 2 feet 9 inches, along the Hamp-
stead-road, estimated cost 1,393/. 17s. 61.; the lower-
ing, straightening, and covering of the Hackney brook
from below Stamford-bridge to Lorraine-place, at an
estimated cost of 9,8561.; 734 feet of sewer, 4 feet
by 2 feet 6 inches, and 366 feet of sewer, 3 feet 6
inches by 2 feet 6 inches, in the Hackney-road, at an
estimated cost of 600/. ; 134 feet
of sewer, 4 feet
9 inches by 3 feet, and other works in B-11-street,
Shadwell, at an estimated cost of 2401. ; 1,260 feet of
sewer, 4 feet by 2 feet 6 inches, in Brook-street, Rat-
cliffe, at an estimated cost of 780/. ; the laying down
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of 150 feet of 12-inch pipe sewer in Walburgh-street,
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St.TGh ee orregpeo t.
was as follows :
" DRAINAGE OF UPPER HOLLOWAY, LOWER ROLLO•
WAY, STOKE NEWINGTON, AND liIGHBURY.
" The Hackney brook forms a natural outlet for the
drainage of Upper Holloway, Lower Holloway, Stoke
Newington, and Highbury, and runs through a dis-
trict likely to be thickly built over.
" The present defects as a drain arise from its
course being very crooked, the depth being too small