The Sun.
London, England, 1844-03-14 00:00:00

HAMBURGi MAIL.

• THE KING o SWEDEN--The Hamlthrgh papers
have no news of the Rings health later than the 27th of
February, which has already been published. His Ma-
jesty'signed, on the 26th of February, the decree pro-
longing. the full poWers to the Crown Prince till the Ist
of May. On that day (the 26th) his Majesty had only
been able to speak with much difficulty a few words.
.The Borsenhalle of Friday,. the, Pith of March; an-
nounces that the Stockholm mail of the Ist of March
had arrived, ,and that it was' e be delivered at six PAK,
but gives.no extracts
FROM THE Ruriim, Fs& Understand that
the negotiations of Serino Gernian Stites with the British
Government, to obtain permission to transport criminals.
-Of a certain eIaSS to New Holland, has not *TA wholly
unsuccessful.-,,This .statement-; agrees with an account
from Frankfort., that two persons condemned to be con-`
hued for life in the House of. Correction, with hard la,-
bour, have obtained, at their own requeSt, a commute-
tion of their punishment into transportation to one of
the penal settlenients in, New Holland, and that they
have been sent to England, whence they have-been for-
warded in- a convict ship to the place of their destination..
gr,ter part, of the Russian.r
Polish Tlititit" 'l4etWen•_the 20th and. 24th of
iiitilial;ee sent
w6.this . 4111144- a large'
waggons, escorted gendarmes, to liag• deburg. Tin re-
mainder will folkaiiin a`few days. Much as certein per-
irontwere inctinedtdassurne that th "07 sre wholly innocent,
ae hie -situation emkblfk
14tirriettJfriarn personglOfose
them to be mbrh accurately- informed itipecting
;matierW thltt "Ml*. antlforitiesiL4d obtained a knowledge.
of very eitensive illegal assqFisPoPa;. and that the ineg.7,,
sures which have been taken were ,absolutelY necessary
The sending-of all the arrested persons to Magdeburg,
puts a4.end to,the report which was pretty confidently
circulated that .they3voixid, be entirely:set at
and on the contrary, that the treasonable plans
hod tO.,their Charge*ere not Unfounded • What makes
this more probable is; more arrests, have lately taken
lifut,-*-bicli,,'4weter,- we cannot` vaueh fdr: Nothing:
I
more is- knownqtespecting the
PoleS-; domiciliary`
onvisits. lately-1
ofsome young

hifid;Thei.e is no doubt that ,the
petitions of•the- so-callect
emigrants have been rejected.; whereforelhO greatO
number of them have already .taken. tjieir" deParturc...
Hani4rgh Papers, Igaiph 8. • '

PARLIA,MENTAR PAPERS.
•

The " Lists for Committees (House of. Commons) on
Private )3ille.of sosion 1844 (Partamentary. Paper,
NO: 109) offer no feature of novelty, The arrange-
:meats of the-lists for the:forty-dm:11111es Of England, the
two divisions_ of Wales, the two sections-of-Scotland, and
the four provinces ofl Ireland, seem much the game as
those. usually appointed of late-years. • . '
BANBRIIPTCY.—These returns (No. 5), moved for by
Mr. Hawes, and ordOed by the: Commons to be printed
'On the sth of February, exhibit the amount of. solicitors'
and, messengers' bills of costs, • filed -in the Lendon. and.
District Courts of Bankruptcy since tho,l2th of Noveth
ber, 1842, under the-Act 5. and 6 Vic., cap. 1221. and I
and 2 Vie. cap. 110. . They are arranged in six- classes“
The first four give respectively the amount of these-bills
of coats "in the.choice._ of assignees: under each of .the
first twenty eommissions and fiats registered in the
Court of Bankruptcy in London ; of commissions and'
fiats transferred and renewed into such Court ; and of
'sats alone therein:registered. as to bankrupts resident
:isbOve 4O miles from London -;"-_the same acts, commis-
sions, and fiats,-registered in the. several District Courts,
and as to-fiats alone- directed to such Courts. The last
two•are :returns -of. the number of. affidavits. of debt filed
.in the London and the District Cburts of Bankruptcy
under the 1 lth.seetion of 5 eta IS Vic., c. 122 ; and' the
'lst and:2d Vic.,. c. 110, respectively. In the first 20
.of transferred .fiats and. commissions froth the Country,.
-after 10th November, 1841; the average of costs to choice
•of assignees wassolieitore 61 'each, messengers'
:Costs, 144 lls. In " fists. against - bankrupts resident
above forty.- miles • from London,- • -these -averages
were, severally, solicitors,- 44/. 12s. ;. messengers;
101 :195.7 TheSe averages. are. reported in .the re-
.llnaining . district ..returnsf as • the • - amounts severally
'•for Birmingham; of - 561.-- 31; • • and 104 Bs.—of
-36.4 ios.,• and 'l7/. , : : rcir Manchester (coin-
liniisions. and fiats) of 131/... 7s, (no return as to
messengers), of 381. 35., and 151 for solicitors and mes-
sengers under " fiats", only;—for Liverpool, 24/., (no re-
-turn-of messengers' costs under first head of return),
'and 28/. ids. solicitors, and. i 21.. messengers •;---for Ikeds,
joint'average of-solicitors and messentere tbstS;coMmis-
sieng, and fiats; 721; fiats 70/ commissions'
'and fiats-. 794 ;_ fiats 464; tor:Newcaitle (joint averages),
'2sr. 2s.„and-54/...-78.;---for Exeter, average 98/. 155., (no
messengers!..bills, or, file, and 691. 9s. 5d4 The other-
returns are not ;complete; as ,to, bills .of- costs. ; But
the munbere. of affidavits of debt; filed under 5 and 6 Vic.,
cap,;l22, sec:ll, previous to 23d June, 1843,.a0d the
number ofsummonses.issued under the same. section by
the various Bankruptcy Courts of London and said
districts, were respectively.these—London, 346 and 346.;-
Liverpool, 82 and 91'; Leeds, 131 and.. 13- ; Manchester,:
83 and 83.; Exeter, 25 and 25 ; Newcastle-upon-Tyne,
27 and 27 Birmingham, 81 and 81 ; 43 and 43.
In the &nut of Bankruptcy of London there were also
filed under 1 and 2 Vic., cap. 110, sec. 8, affidiviti of
debt, 122.

The Bill " for. better regulating the Buildings of the
Metropolitan districts, and to provide for the drainage
thereof" (brought in by the. Earl of Lincoln and Sir
James Graham, and ordered to be printed, on the Ist
instant) comprises, is its present form, 109 clauses, and
(12) schedules, Ato M. Schedule A, referred to in the
preamble, recites from the several Acts therein. men-

_ . .
:,ioned, the various provisions made for regulating' the
neighbourhood—the
of buildings in the metropolis and its
neighbourhood—the limits thereby specified being by
this Bill. extended and the said Acts amended. The
preamble sets forth that in' many parts of the metro-
polis -the drainage of houses is so imperfect as to en-
danger the health of their inhabitants;—the streets so
narrow, in many crowded thoroughfares, that the neces-
sary ventilation is impeded, and risk of accidents from
fire, &c., enhancedi=that many buildings and parts of
buildings used for dwellings are unfit for that purpose;
—that in some populous vicinities works are erected, in
which dangerous and. explosive materials 'are employed;
—in others, deleterious materials are combined,•the ex-
halations from which are noxious to human health;- and
finally, that much public inconvenience had resulted
'from .the diversity of practice observed by the officers,
appointed under the recited former Acts in carrying
into, execution the powers thereby conferred upon
them. The ensuing enactments are specially framed
for the remedy, removal, or prevention of those
evils, the future .execution of this Act, and
the superintendenee of the provisions and directions
embodied in it, and the repeal of certain former Statutes
applying to similar object. Clauses 1 and 2 are general
provisions and definitions to be given -to certain terms
comprised in the enacting clauses. As No. 3 has regard
to the extent of the operation of this Act (in the 'event
of the Bill passing), it may be useful to partictilarise
the limits assumed :—" The operation of this Act shall
extend to all places within the followingg limits : that is
to say—To all such places' lying on the north side or'
left batik of the River Thames as are within the exterior
boundaries of the parishes of Fulham, Kensington, Pad-
dington, Hampstead, Hornsey, Tottenham, St.' Pancras,
Islington, Stoke Newington, Hackney, Stratford, Brom-
ley (Middlesex), Poplar, and Shadwell to such
part of the 'parish of Chelsea as lies north of said parish
of Kensington -and; to all such 'parts and'plaCes lying
on the South, or right bank of said river as are ;within
the exterior boundaries of the parishes of Woolwich,
Charlton, Greenwich, Deptford, Lee, Lewisham, Cam-
berwell, Lambeth, Streatham, Tooting, and Wands-
worth ; and to all places lying within 200 yards from
the exterior boundaries of the districts hereby defined."'
Clauses 4 to 12 empower her Majesty ti direct, by
Order in Council, the extension of these 'limits, in the
event of its appearing to the latter q expedient, from the
growing increase of the population or otherwise," so to
direct, "to any place within twelve miles ofi
Charing-cross • er. -the City 'of Westminster.--Rates
of
.buildings and thicknesses of walls and fobtings,
and rules concerning new buildings, or rebuildings, or
sites of former buildings, to be 'in Conformity with the
stipulations and requirements of 'the several schedilles
.13 to K ; 'sseh buildings to be under auperintendence of
"official referees," in terms of schedule C. Certain
exempted buildings, in conformity with schedule A, to
be subject to special supervision. Buildings 'not within
any of the herein stipulated rates to be in accordance
With directions of the surveyor. Following clauSes
regard. modification Of Wilding contracts, reference to'
official _referees,_ and. modification of building leases:
these rules may be modified, generally, by Commis-
sioners of works and buildings. Clause 13 requires
builders, in the case of every new work to be by chr9i
executed, to- give previous notice to the surveyors ; the
same in respect of any additions ,or alterations placed
by thiS Act und,er.the control of, the surveyor; and so;
likeiviie, as to anyparty Wall, external wall, chiraney.
stack, Or flues, begun to be built, pulled down; re-built,
cut into, or altered; and also before any opening made in:
any party walls, under penalty of 201. ; and any perscin,
professed builder, or private owner, to give notice in a
form specified in Schedtiles, -of his intention to-bilild any
hotiSei &c:;"to the same officer, tinder a similar penalty ;
like -perialtY for failure of "every similar notice in the
case of- ebntintiing- builditigS, or reparatiens,:&C.;
prehended in thescope of this-Act, wheie the same have
been interrupted for the space of three months Or Up-
wards, and recommenced, or the builder changed; and
for beginning of such works without notice, or for 're-'
fusing. to admit Scirveybrs, the like penalty: Clauses i 4
to 19 declare what regidations shall be observed as to
"buildings *generally,' touching time to be allowed to
builders for notifying any irregularity or :departure
'frit= directions of the schedUlea,. to: this Act ;
power, in futiirelthereOf, to, the surveyor to cut into
such work's ; sPecial supervision. of 'highest - rate'
buildings, and enactments touching their survey, op-
,prove], ordisallowance ; amendments of defects ; grant
or denial of certificates to. qualify such buildings; to be
used or occupied ; penalties fdr non-compliance right
of forcible'entry into Wilding* if denied,,to surveyor at
all seasonable hours befOrncempletion, &c.
OlauieS 20 to 38 relate generally to, the poWerS to be
taken in executing wOrks, in relation to or infringing
upon adjoining properties, party- walla, pirty:fences, and
intermixed buildings. 39 to 43 regard the proceedings
to be taken with ".ruinous buildings," as to applications
to be made. to. the official referee under this Act by pare=
chial surveyor or overseers ; survey to be mode ; notice -
to lord Mayor, &c., and overseers ; erection of boards
and notices ; sales, of old material, &c. and their dispo-
sal. 44 to 50 regulate '
the expenses Ofworks necessary
to be erected in certain cases for Carrying the purposes
of this Act into execution, and also the 'means -of re-
otwPAing them.

Clan Wes 51 to 59, under the heading " buildings, use
thereof," are very. import*. They prohibit the use and
occupation of cellars, or-rooms Unfitfor dWellings, as
lodgings ; the'attaching of deg-kennels or pig-sties to
dwelling-houses . the efeetion. of 'tie* houses, at a . dis-
tance of leg than fifty feet from ,any buildings wherein
dangerous employments are carried on—as the making
of gunpoWder,., detonating, pOvi'der, inciter matches; or
other substances liable to sudden ignition:or 'explosion--:-
vitriol, turpentine, naphtha, varnish, fire-works, painted
tabl'-covers, &c.—and such trades, -in such locohties, to
be utterly prohibited therein after thirty years from the
passing of this Act.l The same as to the vicinity of
newly-erected-bouSes to building's appropriated to bug-
'iieSses or trades offensive and obnotious. There are
enumerated ..blood-boilers,' bone-boilers; fellthongees,
slaughterers of
_cattle, sheep, or horses, soap-boilers,
tallow-chandler's, tripe-boileispenalties for infraition of
these enactments.
Clauses 60 to 74 define the duties, powers, &c.,'of dis-
trict and other surveyors under, this .4ct, their fees, &c.'
Y.:no 81, the same as.. to ;the official referees hereby ap-
pointed. -82 t 0.87. the-same as to the registrar of metro-
politan bUildings. 88 and:B9, the:Same as to the official
referees' ;registrar. 90 to 100 set out the natrire, form,
and course of legal: proceedings, where necessary to be-
taken undei:this Act, the costs tQ be recovered, mode Of
recovery, &'c. Clauses 101 to'lo9 are of a miscellaneous
nature, having relation to the Case of the immediate
-landlord, of part ownership, service of,
.. notices, and all
ether. machinery ariniectod. With..
the,
........s of this
measure.: '), 7 .

''tab-4'hiienel'il icor-and 'objects 'Lti -thw-13,111140 ailihi::'
ly adapted 'tor. llio. health, coinfOrf;7afeiy, anirim.;--',
provement of our noble metropolis. To particular
*".—
' .b" grave b' •
,cl es,tre app;ear to ,
•br- `o '*),:nmati_pl'Oe:eSs',Atpd 6, ihprA straiiajng 4. the
as
..il" jig raii, ' :I:hes 'V' t' '1 ,
, , . : i ~. ,o jec ions, ovt ever,. w. . , u .m
be:1010404A tt_p4sage of the Bill thxmig,h the COM-
r ilittee, '..lt ,if ,', l4l:w,inh•lAtalong.heen,,called fOr, and
writ, ike hope, gO far to keeP down thg'slisgraceful .third;'{
or rather shed buildingeprofitable as it is to a certain
',disreputable class „orf- landlords-, of \stick ,vve see so
Many e-XaMPl'es'iti"the small itreets adjoining the eouth-
erthuost extrernity ,of the; Waterloo-road, lind the
yieinity of -Lambeth-marsh ; and indeed, in all the
I-purlieus:Of brick and Mortar Which are.fast ruining anif
disgracing; Camber wel!; reckhami the , Han? ps tohd-roa.d ; .
the !Big North-road =beybpcl"-••ldingtiv,r and sitter"
suburbabli4ealitie3:-1 5x,31,11)-"'l 3' - v'l

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