The Sun.
London, England, 1850-06-13 00:00:00

CITY COURT OF SEWERS.

On Tuesday a Court ti a 3 held at Guildhall, Mr. Do•
puty Peacock iu the chair.

THE GREAT CENTRAL GAS BILL.

The REMEMBRANCER informed the Culla that the
Great Gentle' Gas Company bad carried into effect the
carious conditions required of them by the Corporation
down to the present stage of the Bill in Parliament.
Mr. Deputy HARRISON said it was probable that on
the next day of the meeting of the Court, be should form-
ally apply that the company be allowed at once to pro-
ceed with the operation of laying down their pipes within
the City, in order that the inhabitants might as soon as
possible be accommodated with gas upon the very
fsmourable conditions to which such multitudes had sub-
scribed.—(llear. hear.)
After a conversat;on, in which several members de-
clared that the company could produce the 75,0001. that
had been stipulated for at any moment when it might be
required, the conversation dropped.

MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS.

NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN
THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, JUNE 8, 1550.
Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases ... *172
Diseases of Uncertain Seat 26
lubercular Diseases ...
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses... ... 116
Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels ... 36
Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of
Respiration ... 94
Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs
of Digestion... ...
Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. •• •••
Childbirth, Diseases of the. Uterus, &e.
Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles
Diseases of the Skin, &c.
Malformations...
Premature Birth ...
•••
••
Atrophy ••• ••• ••• ••• •••
Old Age
Sudden ...
Violence. Privation, Cold, and Intemperance
Causes not specified ...

... 59

... 18

... 23
... 22
... 32

... 10
... 28

DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES

844

Deaths in eon's- Deaths
spondinz week in the
of 1849. Week.
140 ... 138
184 ... 179
171 ... 132
197 ... 163
279 ... 232

Population
Enunierated,
1841.
West Districts... 301,189 . .
North Districts.. 376,568 ..
Ventral Districts 374,199 ...
East Districts ... 393,067 ...
South Districts.. 503,346 ...

Totals... ..... 1,948,369
Males
Females ...

BIRTHS IN THE WEEK.

Males
Females

... 844
... 420
... 464

... 720
... 638

Total ... 1,358
*ln this number are included 19 by Scarlatina, 39
by Typhus Fever, 19 by Diarrhoea, and 2 by Cholera.

FIRE AND LOSS OF LIFE AT LEAMINGTON. —We
regret to announce that a fire of very considerable magni-
tude broke out yesterday, at half-past one A.M., at the above-
mentioned place. The premises, which were occupied by
and the property of Mr. Dowler, upholsterer and cabinet-
maker, were completely burnt to the ground. Up to eleven
o'clock yesterday morning, at which time our correspondent
left Leamington, the engine continued to play on the smoking
ruids. It is generally believed that damage is done to the
extent of 30,0001., whilst insurance is effected to the amount
only of 5,0001. A poor fellow, a stranger to the town, whilst
occupied in directing the hose of one of the engines, was
struck down by an iron pillar, which fell on his bead with
tremendous force; he was immediately carried away, and
we regret to say is since dead. The fire might have been
checked earlier,
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GUADALCANAL MINING COMPANY.—An adjourned
meeting of this company was held at the offices, Broad-
street-buildings, yesterday, Mr. Martin in the chair, when a
report was read from Captain Rule, who was sent out to
examine the mine, stating that, although the Pozo Rico mine
exhibited evidence of undoubted prosperity in former times,
its state was now that of extreme poverty. Having 'ex-
amined the whole of the mine, he thought it presented indi-
cations of its containing other deposits or bunches otore,
which could not be determined without the prosecution of
further works. The report also stated that Captain Rule
would leave Cadiz on the 4th or sth of June, and that on his
return to England he would give a more detailed report on
s
the subject. After some discussion, in which the
ttereo
urged the at once declaring the neces-ity P
the
deemed desirable, it
com-
pany in liquidation, with a view to dissolution,
for-
mation of a new company if it should be
a week, to await the
was resolved to adjourn the meeting
expected to give a return of Captain Rule, when he is tf.ounttamngd
mines.
fur-
ther report relative to the
On Monday evening an in-
quest was held at the CORONEE's INQUEST.—On
public-house, Wandsworth,
before Mr. W. Carter, one
of the coroners for Surrey, on
view of the remains of Mr. Robert Kemp, aged 32, a clerk
to Messrs. Stephens,
coal-merchants, at Paddington, who
committed a most deliberate and frightful act of self-destruc-
tion on Saturday evening last. From the evidence it ap-
peared that the unfortunate deceased had from some defal-
cations in his accounts absconded from his situation about a
week before, and Saturday on evening, at about a quarter tofive o'clock, on the approach of the two o'clock up South-
ampton train, he rushed across the down line and flung him-
self on
the up rails. The engine-driver saw the unfortunate
man's deli erat e act, and used every possible exertion to stop
the engine, but this was quite impossible before at least half
the train had passed over the poor man, and reversing the
engine, therefore, would only have made matters worse. Mr.
Young, one of the principal officers of the company, was in
the train at the time, and the instant the train stopped he
jumped out for the purpose of rendering all the assistance
in his power; but before reaching the body, Morris, a porter
on the line, and who was in one of the back trucks, got up
to it. Tire shocking spectacle which it presented it would
be impossible to describe. Suffice it to say, that it was torn
to pieces, the brains scattered about in all directions, and
one of the legs, with the boot and part of the stocking on,
was found at least twenty yards from where the shattered
remains of the body lay. The jury, having heard evidence
to the above (..fiect, returned a verdict of " Temporary de-
rangement." The deceased has lett a wife and two children
to deplore his untimely end.

COMMISSION OF LUNACY.-0a Monday, a commis-
sion under a writ de lunatico inquitendo vas executed at
Moorcroft, House, Hillingdon, Middlesex, an asylum for
lunatics kept by Dr. Stillwell, before Mr. Commissioner
Winslow
the I inslo7ev $l. 11
HerbertdasPee
iaijury, to inquire into the state of mind
of Charles March, rector of Barwick, near,
Stamford, and prebendary of the cathedral church of Peter-
borough. The rev. gentleman was son of the late Bishop of
Peterborough. The jury returned a unanimous verdict to
the effect " that Herbert Charles March, clerk, is now of
unsound mind, incapable of inianaginv himself and his affairs,
and has been so since February, 1850."