The Press. — London, England, 1858-07-03 00:00:00

THE ME TROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS. A SPECIAL, meeting rf the Board was held on Tues day in the Council-chambers, Guildhall, Mr. Thwaites presiding. 644 THE PRESS, JULY 3, 1858 THE REVENUE. 1.-THE NET REVENUE. Quarter ended Year ended ~..---__.A.--...., ! ......--A--..--., June SO, June 30, ' June no, Juno 30, 1857. 185 , . ! 1857. 1838. --• XISSI A CUSTOMS EXCISE 4b07,040 1 4,6 6,101 i 1701370 M -17,944,000 STAMPS 1,860 491 1 2,084,370 . 7,04,017 1 7,649 59p1 TAXF:S PROPERTY TAX CROW N FV 675,000 765,000 ; 2,815,000 iJ 0 0%000 CRW LANDS 61,000 60000 , 284,857 I 276,654 MISCELL A N E 0 U S 2:.6,82 335,9:0 1,051,136 ! 1,06.4:5 TOTAL TOTAL IL-COMPARATIVE STATEMENT. CUSTOMS EXCISE STAMPS TAXES PROPERTY TAX POST OFFIC I" CROWN LAN DS MISCELLANEOUS . . TOTAL Quarter ended June 3C, 1851. Increase. Decrease.' X 270,310 119,0•0 233 s:9 2,0u0 1,262,223 00,1)00 7U, +1 III.—EXPENDITURE AND RECEIPTS. (From all Sources.) Surplus Balance be3on , l the t :Large of the Consoli dated Fund for the quarter euded March 3:, Idss, viz.:— Great Britain Ireland $186,773 486,773 Income received in the Quarter ended June 30, 1858, as uhown in Account 1 16,279,066 Amount raised by sale of Exchequer Boucle in part of a grant of t1,00:%,000 Amount recei‘ed in the Quarter ended June 3U, 18;r4, in repayment of advances for Public Works, &c. 10,101424 Balance, being the deficiency on the liOth of June, 184.., upon toe charge or the Consolidated Fund in Ureat Britain, to tricot the Dividenda and other Chat gee payable in the Quarter to Sept. 3)), aid tor which Exchequer Bills (I),diciencyl will be issued in that Quarter 519,837,1 t 4 AMOLIIIL applied out of the Income for the Quarter ended June 30, 165 a, to redemption of Exchequer Bills (Deficiency) for the Quarter ended March 31, 185.• C 1,201,420 Amount applied out of the Income to supply Services in the Quarter ended June 30. 135 d Ditto, for Exchequer Bowls redeemed 2,000,000 Charge of the Consolidated Fund for the Quarter ended June 30, 1+ , 58, viz,:— Interest of the Permanent Debt .. ,Y 9 Terminable Debt 055,907 Interest of Exchequer Bills (De ficiency) The Civil List Other Charges on Consolid Fund 356,302 Advances for Public Works, &c... 303.703 7,6;7,143 Surplus Balance beyond the Charge of the Consoli dated Fund for the Quarter ended June 90, 1658, viz.:— Great Britain Ireland 41G,054 19 M 37 ,1 24 loreign 6grrespoitilentt. PARIS, Thursday. DISQUIETUDE is felt in the political circles of this city on three subjects which appear to excite little attention in England, but which nevertheless are of great importance—the subjects of Turkey, Monte negro, and the Danubian Principalities. On the former it is said that Russia has positively declared that the oppressive fashion in which the Turks treat the Christians throughout their vast empire can no longer be tolerated, and that for her part she is determined to insist on the immediate and full execution of the Hattiliumayoun, which is their charter. If any such declaration has been made in categorical terms, it is of extreme gravity ; but I doubt that it has. It is, however, certain that of late Russia has manifested ill-will to Turkey. As to the second question, it is quite positive that the French Government is very seriously irritated against Turkey for having sent considerable bodies of rioops to Montenegro, if not, as she proclaims, to take yen• geance on the Montenegrins fur their recent attack on a small Turkish army, at least, according to all appearances, to blockade the Montenegro territory, and thereby reduce its inhabitants to distress by cutting off their supplies. France, on this subject, Is irritated against Austria as well as Turkey, be cause it is believed that it is she who is exciting Turkey to act as she does. To the public the irrita tion has been manifested by sundry somewhat bitter attacks both on Austria and Turkey in the govern mental journals. It is asserted very positively here by the partizans of the French Government that England disapproves altogether of the conduct of Austria and Turkey with regard to Montenegro, and has so told them both ; but the friends of Austria, on the contrary, declare that England is on her side, and letters from Vienna say the same thing. Be this as it may, it is nut doubted that France is fully determined not to allow Montenegro to be blockaded, and it is said that Russia has come to the same resolution. With respect to the Principalities affair, the French Cabinet is alleged to have changed, or to contemplate changing, " its attitude " on it— that is to say, means once again to insist on a union of the Principalities, which WAS a point it was under stood to have abandoned. On this subject a pam phlet entitled " L'Empereur Napoleon 111., et les Principautes Ronmaines," has just been published, and it is creating considerable sensation, because it is believed to emanate from a semi-official source. It is, you are aware, the custom of the French Em peror to have pamphlets published on the questions to which he attaches peculiar importance, and in them be causes his views to be expounded, and his future policy to be indicated. All these brochures are believed to be revised, if not actually written, by his Majesty. The appearance of any such publication is, consequently, a political .I;ininient of the highest importance. But, notwithstanding what is said about the new pamphlet, it is of such gravity that I cannot think it emanates from the Govern ment, or from any one "inspired " by the Govern ment. It is a laboured but not very logical attempt to prove that the union of the Principalities is just and necessary, that France is so pledged to it that she cannot abandon it, that England has acted ill to Fiance in first declaring for and now pronouncing against it, and that Austria and *Flukey are guilty of presumption in oppasing it. The conclusion of it is, that, as the honour of France is engaged in bringing about the union of the Principalities, that union ittust take place. " France cannot allow," it says, in express terms, "that. the Eastern war, which has cost her so much, shall ha without the least positive result. Must she, to obtain a result, recommence war? Better war, a thousand times, than the least dishonour to the French flag !" And the last sen tence is, "Certain Governments make great noise about their fears as to a European coup d'itat ; they would do better to abstain from desiring to inflict on France a diplomatic Waterloo!" A strange tale is current, and, if true, will certainly make a great noise. It is, that the cure or the Ma deleine, the Abbe Duguerry, had on Sunday turned outof his church—literally turned out—three English. men who had vile to witness the celebration of DIMS and he did so, not because they were be having themselves improperly, but because, as he himself said, they were Protestants and heretics, and had no business in a Catholic church ! The fact is so extraordinary that you may be indisposed to credit it ; but I have no difficulty in believing it, for I myself once saw the same Abbe Duguerry, in the same church of the Madeleine, stop in the middle of some service lie was performing, to have a lady and gentleman expelled because they ex changed a few words in a low tone — exclaiming as lie did so, and menacingly bran dishing a crucifix withal "Turn them out, I THE RIVER THAMES. The CHAIRMAN informed the Board that be bad bed an interview with the First Commissioner of the Board of Works on the subject of the present state of the Thames. The Government had authorized an expenditure to abate the nuisance, and he had caused lime to be applied to the great sewer at West minster-bridge for that purpose. It was arranged that a bill should be submitted to Parliament to au. thorize the Board to raise money by rates to meet the expense it curred. A resolution wai passed confirming the course taken by the chairman. Mr. NICHOLAY then moved a resolution : That, in the present t.flensive condition of the Thames, the chain - min should have lull power to hike such steps as he might deem necessary for the deodorization of the cun t ents of the principal sewers, and to report the cost from time to time. Mr. RIFFANGER seconded the motion. Mr. Alikrrnall CUBITT presumed the engineer of the Board would assist the chairman. After some observations from Mr. A. WRIGHT, Mr. Deputy liAnrusoN, and others, the resolution was agreed to. It was then proposed by Mr. Bntsrow that the Board should consider the hest means of deodorizing the contents of the sewer, and report the plan and cost thereof to the ordinary meeting on Friday week next, which was agreed to. On the motion of Air. H. L. TAlmon, the adjourned debate as to the adoption of so much of the report of Messrs. Bidder, Hawksley, and Bazalgette as relator to the high and middle level sewers on the north side of the Thames, and so far as it relates to the high and low level sewers on the south side, was rescinded by a majority of all to 5. Mr. A. WRIGHT the❑ moved as follows: That the engineer having prepared a plan and estimate to the main drainage, in accordance with the recommen• dation.; in the report. of Messrs. Bidder, Hawksley, and Bazilgette, which plan contains several alternatives, that the plan with the alternatives following be adopted :-1. The engineers having given the Board the option of two schemes for the western district, first, carrying the western sewage into the general intercepting system, and, second, d••odorizing the western sewage at its junction wit% the Thames, that the last alternative be adopted. 2. The engineers having recommended that the low level sewer upon the north side should be carried in a Thames em bankment between Westminster end London bridges, to avoid the setilement of and damage to property in the Strand, Fleet•street, &c., that the Board is willing to pay for such part of a Thames embankment so required, in such proportion as the drainage scheme may be fairly debited with, or to undertake the construction of the em bankment of such part el the river for drainage and other purposes, upon a contribution being given by Government. 3. That the delivery of the sewage at the points named shall not be deemed a final measure; but when the main drainage is completed the sewage shall be delivered into the Thames direct, or deodorized before delivery, or used fur irrigation and sewage manure, as experience may de termine. 4. That this plan and estimate be submitted to her Majesty's Chief Commissiuler for approval by the chairman, eight members of the Board, engineer, and clerk, and that his attention be at the same time directed to the letter of this Board of the 17th day of January, 1857, to her Majesty's then Chancellor of t .e Exchequer, setting for h grounds justifying the expectation that the Government will be prepared to assist the Board in ob taining the command of the funds required for their operations. Mr. CARMIAEI. seconded the resolution. ThP resolution was opposed by Alrierman CUBITT and Mr. DOULTON, who submitted an amendment to the Board, which was negatived by 24 to 11. The original resolution was then carried by a majority of 23 to 8. A motion of Mr. WILKINSON relating to the embankment of the river was withdrawn, and the proceedings terminated. Year ended Juno 30, 185 $ . Liorease. Deereame. S 767,674 277,0 ou 2~1,9A1 57,018 , 6,638,561 165,600 B,_oB 642,339 I 1,426.333 6,014,i3i bA,107 1,5:!6,26.1 4:,001,795 Not Decrease. /15,185.1115 Net Decrease.