The Sun.
London, England, 1850-10-17 00:00:00

RUSSIA.

" Letters from St. Petersburgh," says the Bulletin
de Paris, " announce that the Empress, being indis-
posed from the et-Teets of the climate of Russia, her
phy.iicians have ordered her to pass some months in
Italy. Sho is to set out in a few days for Florence.
It is said that she is to reside in one of the houses
belonging to the President of the French 11.? public."

THE LATE QUEEN OF THE
BELGIANS.

OSTEND, OCT. 14.—The King left this morning,
at eight o'clock, for Lacken, accompanied by Queen
Amelie and all the afflicted members of the family,
together with some of the Cabinet Ministers. At
half-past nine the clergy proceeded from the church
to the palace, into which they were immediately
admitted. A little delay took place from some
of the arrangements not being completed. In
the meantime, the different societes or cor-
porations, with their banners in mourning and
reversed, began to assemble in the immediate neigh-
bourhood of the Rue Longue, where the palace is
situated. The Garde Civique and the few troops in
garrison lined the streets. At half-past 10 o'clock
the first roll of the muffled drums was the signal for
the departure of the procession, which moved through
the Place d'Armes to the railway station in the fol-
lowing order :—The societis, with their bands of
music and characteristic flags, &c. ; the gen-
darmerie; the clergy, with the Bishop cf
Bruges at their head ; the hearse, drawn by six
horses, but so plain as to be distinguished only from
an ordinary one by the crown placed on the top;
directly behind was the chief mourner, the Duke of
Saxe-Coburg Gotha, husband to the Princess Cle-
mentine; then came the Ministers of War and
Public Works, and other members of the household,
among whom were Generals Gabelet and Cruquem-
bourg • the civil and military authorities, &c. These
were followed by four royal carriages, in the first of
which were the Dames d'llonneur who had been in
attendance on her late Majesty; the procession was
closed by the gendarmerie and troops of the line.
On arriving at the station the coffin, which was of
simple polished mahogany, was lifted out of the
hearse and placed upon a moveable chapelle arderde,
constructed on the railway, and into which a few of
the clery entered. Two first-class carriages, co-
vered with black, were attached to it; and the whole
had a singularly striking and touching effect. As
soon as the De Profundis had been sung the gloomy
convoy moved noiselessly on amid the sound of can-
non and volleys of musketry. It will stop and be
met by the clergy, before it reaches Lacken, at
Bruges, Ghent, Termoude, and Malines.

STATE OF TRADE.
(From the Manchester Guardian.)

MANCHESTER, TIIESDAY.—The Bombay merchants
continue their operations in yarns suitable for that
quarter, at an advance of Fl. to id. per lb. upon the
quotations of this day week. the buyers for the
European continent, however, still confine themselves
to the execution of small orders for the supply of the
immediate wants of their customers. The latest
letters received from the Leipsic fair scarcely come up
to the expectations previously formed, in regard
to yarns : it seems, therefore, to be expected
that .the manufacturers will persevere in
their cautious policy of buying only " from hand to
mouth ;" but,as theirsupplies are scanty, and the de-
mand for their cloths good, their purchases from our
spinners will necessarily be extended so much the
more through the winter, which is attended with
little difficulty now, as compared with former years.
Ilardly anything has been done to-day in the lower
and medium counts of warps and cops, by the manu-
facturers in this district, whom a losing trade is driv-
ing to a lessened consumption. Prices are firm in
bundles ; in warps and cops there is a bias against the
producers, though the quotations are generally un-
changed. Doubted 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 y merchants are still
purchasing shirtings and msdapollams where their
terms are acceded to, which, however, are such as are
calculated to force on a diminu►ion 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 other goods seems in-
evitable, from the ruinous state of prices. The Greeks
are further diminishing their business (small as it has
latterly been), in consequence of a decline of prices
at Constantinople, resulting mainly from advices of
an unfavourable turn in tee Manchester market.
ROCHDALE, MONDAY.—The market has been some-
what like the season of the year, dull and heavy, and
the amount of business transacted has been more li-
mited. We have had a quiet wool market also ;
though there has net been much doing, former prices
have been fully maintained.

MACCLESFIELD, TUESDAY.—There is I( ss animation
perceptible amongst the manufacturers here, but this
is accounted for by the circumstance that we are
now 'between the seasons, when it is invarbbly a
dull time, generally taken arlvantage '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 throwsters 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.
HUDDERSFIELD, TUESDAY.—The demand for fancy
woollens and the better class of plain woollans,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.
HALIFAX, 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 is a moderately steady busi-
ness doing in wool, and the staplers are firm holders
at; late rates.
LEEDS, TUESDAY.—On Saturday last, there wes a
good attendance of buyers at the hall, and a fair
amount of goods suitable for the winter season ware
shown; but to-day the markets have been dull.
Stccks still continue low, and prices are firm,

METROPOLITAN COMMISSIONERS OF

SE WERS.
On Tuesday afternoon a special 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.
E. 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 effectual drainage of the metro-
polis, in order that builders 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
Davison, Mr. ilcrdwick, Mr. S. M. Prato, 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 houi,ls to be built or rebuilt,
and „houses in the course of building or 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, chat:•. 112, sec. 47. These
by-laws required that the plans of the proposed
house-drainage should be sent to the principal office
of the Sewers' Commission 14 days previous to the
construction of any house or of its rebuilding. It
required also, to a certain extent, the plans of the
draintige 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 40s. 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. IlAnnwicx 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 five acres, and might contain from 100
to 150 houses. The cases of all of these houses must
ccme under the consideration of the Court; and the
ltve's of the various sewers around them must be re-
ferred to v. ith 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.
Air. LANUS 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 51.
Mr. 11AnnwicK 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. PETO 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 be
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 was inefficiently drained ; and in cases
where drainage was not properly carried out they
would, in default of the execution of the necessary
works by the owners, drain them, and the whole cost
would be levied upon such property. This was a fact
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. The 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 481. 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 1,3931. 17s. 6d. ; 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 6001. ; 134 feet of sewer, 4 feet
9 inches by 3 feet, and other works in Bell-street,
Shadwell, at an estimated cost of 240/. ; 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
of 150 feet of 12-inch pipe sewer in \Valburgh-street,
St. George's-in-the-East, at an estimated cost of 551.
The report presented, in reference to this return,
was as follows :
" DRAINAGE Or UPPER HOLLOWAY, LOWER ROLLO..
WAY, STOKE NEWINGTON, AND lIIGIIBURY.
" 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
to drain the district. The inclination is very irre-
gular, and the form of its sides and bottom is very
rugged and imperfect.
" It is proposed to straighten its course, giving it
a clear inclination of 8 feet per mile, to increase its
depth below the surface from about 5 feet to 13 feet,
and to invert its bottom from a point 1,500 feet below
Stamford-bridge to Lorraine-place, Holloway, a dis-
tance of three miles. The invert will be so formed as to
constitute the bottom of a covered sewer of the
average height of 7 feet; the level of the invert

being at the upper end 75 feet above the Ordnance
datum, and that at the lower end 51 feet, falling in
3 miles 24 feet.
" From this point to the lower end to the part pro-
posed to be improved, the distance to the outfall of the
Hackney-brook into the river Lea will he 31 miles,
so that the proposed improvements terminate about
31 miles, from the junction of the brook with the
river Lea, and at an elevation of 36 feet 6 inches
above Trinity high watermark, so that it will not be
in any way affected by the proposed alteration on the
river Lea. He recommended that the proposed
invert be formed of blue metal bricks from Tam-
worth or Stafford, which will increase the estimate
from 5,6001. to 7,9001. This is under the conviction
that this will continue to form the main line of sewer
from this populous district; and it appears to me that
the substitution of hard durable bricks will form a
saving in the end. As regards the necessity for the
' execution of these works it may be stated that the
improvement in the drainage of Holloway (at present
so much complained of) depends entirely upon the pro-
pcsed alteration in the Hackney-brook, and that until
such alteration is effected the state of Holloway must
necessarily remain as it is at present, not being suffi-
ciently deep to form an outlet for its drainage.
FMANK FORSTER."

Following this report was a more recent one, re-
commending that the proposed line of sewer should be
covered, as the earth in its course was loose, and some
difficulty would be experienced in keeping the sides in
order. The work would be a part of the general
system of drainage of the metropolis, and the increase
of cost upon the original estimate would only be
2,0001., making altogether 9,8561.
The report was agreed to, and a vote passed, order-
ing the commencement of the works.
It was stated by Mr. E. Lawes that the works or-
dered for the drainage of Sydenham would be charged
entirely upon that district, and that due notice of their
execution would be given, in order to allow time for
any objections which might be made.
After transacting some ordinary business the Court
then adjourned.