The Sun. — 1851-08-05 (London, England)

THE WATER COMMITTEE. Yesterday this Committee re-assembled for chair,for tiaa last time—present, Sir James Graham in Becket, Sir J. Hanmer, Mr. Ellis, and Mr. Sandars. The room was cleared, and the Committee deliberated for about half an hour, and on re-admission of the public, The Right Hon. Chairman said the Committee have come to the following resolution:—That the preamble of the Metropolis Water Bill was read, and the Committee came to the unanimous decision that the preamble of the Bill was not proved. With regard to the other Bills before us, the Committee has not had time to hear any evidence with respect to them, and consequently they have come to no decision with respect to their preambles. You know very well that at the present period of the session they must die a natural death, but the House has come to a decision, by which the parties may, should they think fit, come to Pafliament next session, and revive their Bills by renewing their notices in the usual way. The Committee have come to the further resolution that the Chairman be directed to report the minutes of evidence to the House. The Committee then broke up shortly after one o'clock. The proceedings were marked by the total absence of the twenty learned counsel, who throughout the one and thirty days' sitting of the Committee, in the examination of about fifty witnesses, were regularly in attendance. This was understood to be accounted for by the previous intimation from the Committee that counsel would not be required. A general feeling of satisfaction appeared to prevail amongst the parties interested, at the extreme attention the members of the Committee generally, throughout the protracted inquiry, had paid to its progress, and more particularly with the masterly way in which the Honourable Chairman had discharged the duties of that office. It is calculated that the inquiry cannot have cost the Water Companies less than 30,0004 and the Government about half that amount.  COMMENCEMENT OF THE OYSTER SEASONo•w•ThE regular oyster season commenced at Hungerford and Billingsgate-markets at six o'clock yesterday morning. The recent discovery of an apparently inexhaustible oyster-bed between Shoreham and Havre, and the facility with which they can be forwarded by railway to London, has caused a supply throughout the year; and in the course of the case heard at the Mansion House on Saturday, in which Mr. Goidhaw, the clerk of Billingsgate-market, attended as a witness, Sir Peter Laurie took occasion to ask him what effect the extra supply had upon the trade, and whether they were good and wholesome fish. Mr. Goldham said, the supply was so great, that if they were sold at little more than the cost of the freight, the fishermen were satisfied, as it was all profit. The oysters themselves open well and in good condition, and were much sought after by the poorer classes. He did not think they were very wholesome taken in a raw state, but they were very good cooked, stewed, or in sauce. The boats from Whitstable, Queenborough, Colchester, and the various oyster stations on the Kent and Essex coasts, arrived with the tide last night, and were moored off Billingsgate, but were not allowed to break bulk until the hour taxed by the regulations of the market.  THE CONDEMNED CrIMINAL AT NORWICa.....The unhappy man, Henry Groom, now in the Castle under sentence of death for the murder near Holkham, has acknowledged his guilt and the justice of his sentence, He appears desirous in every way to avail himself of the assistance of the reverend chaplain, who is daily with him for ttw purpose of fcalis Pita fate!