The Press. — London, England, 1853-12-24 00:00:00

798 THE KENT MAI:SHFX THE drainage of the Thames marshes was proposed for examination at a meeting held on the Ist of No vetnber last, when a eotalliitteo was appointed to con sider plans for that purpose and draw up u report upon them. This report having been prepared, a second meeting was convened lust Wednesday at the Bridge house Hotel, under the presidency of Sir C. Earilley, to receive and discuss it. The following are the prin cipal clauses of this paper, which refers to a subject of great interest, not merely as regards the value of property, but the health and comfort of the dwellers to a large and populous district : " 'l'he eouousittee appointed to inquire into the ►:unitary ant sgriessitotnd state of the untroshes on the hides of the 'Mouses, the nivoutos fur their improvewe•nt, the existing I gal jtuw•ers fur this purpose, and the propriety of applying t ► l'arlianient for All CAIIIII4OII of such powers, le•g to ►tate : " That, the marshes oil both sides of the Thames cun t/Ito about. :11,i11111 acres of lan.). " That the portion of this extensive tract, of which the fullest information has been ohtaiusd, iN the flinttill loc. tweet& Woolaieh and Eriilt, mid whisk nisi hi fairly taken MS representing the whole. in' thig district, about woe• eighteenth part of the marsh consists of open dile Iles, which, its Mall) . caw", have out been cleaned out for a great length of time, and they are sink with rotten Ind decaying vegetatiws. "Ague mail allied disorders lot...vigil tloroongloont to Gravesend and Southend, and occasionally extend to the adjoining high groonnols. " Attenti )))) has been specially directed to the sanitary state of the district between IVosohilieh 110141 felt h, soul, taking into account the tioitotral advantages of its situut• and that its joopulation includes tine piortiou of loobliem—iliekViMelt in the 11.• • of life—the note of mortality an Woolwich is high and this, amount of sickness excessive ; the pmportioota of raises of sickness to deaths being calculated m nearly dontlole the ordinary rate. The crews of remelt* detained Mb/We two or three weeks near Plumstead invariably ststl'er ague and allied olisonlenb: and last year, when, owing to the (amines% of the previous% ointment, the malaria watt confesm.ally less illtellNe LIMO lone•sixtli of the population of the hamlet offiecurtly was affected with ague. " In the opinion of l'osofessor Airey, soopporto.ol in some degree by that of Professor Italolotoge, the tolando lands are in a great tnesimure the 1•411/61. of ti.e I Mad. ilk 1 :4 ,4 I 411111 in the opinion of mousy Of the 11104 eminent 1511,SiehtlIS sof floc metropolis, they e•O•tritie tO111114•1141. on Its health of its inlonloitatits. " With uralM rl. Up the I . 4liellit lit' the •sla laisols as alleeting agriculture. :11r. Russell 141141 ,%1 I'. I nelso , nii, Iwo large iocto Nolen., of loud in i ho• I'l stead 1 Eritls marshes, have in evidence. that they 1114' hisser. 10 a large amount iiiiii tastily in euhheopteisec of the present sys tem of pet iii il sg up private dito:hes ; while yl r. Williaan Cottons, a gentleman oaseing large property in Essex, lass proved that Ow isirarairo”; which helm; adopte o l in lowering hi 4 11114.11.• •, and for imps iirt their oaitColl, I' i;Illy iIIIIIIIIVI . II 111 S aloe. oor hi 1.410. " kSI In the norms> or insioroo olraiosocto. oot Itor 111.4141* , , Sill. a v is' to 1ia111141 . . lha ci tee havt, to ill 5.11 :- • " Thal. ill 11 4 4a1111 io the Ee h i,h• I I t h,. luta eels %1 iCli ll . :i . ith. the 54 Ssiiiiiit W.. luxe beau in commis 11l i l •atiosti with the e • out engineers, M wool+. Walker and Iturgess, and Messrs. Easton awl linos, oho relkitt I.llill iii 110111 is it 11111111141 drainage. With regard to the Jinni:44lml ails' Erith uullrhrp, Nlessrs. Easton moil Anions atitle 1111111111 . 111161111 W eats be itivoomiolialied ley lira slitierm ( through the hank, 1, and loy sinking the whole of the hi o n e Cu 1 4 .V41. or nearly so; and that the fr.!soli drinking-places requin.4l in some of the lands wool( be furnipolsed " With resiseet tip the legal 'warns far suds purposes C41111111i114 . 41 11111• not y e t il l 11 etaliillli4/11 141 ally INOsili%Cli whether it will be neeetiyatry lii Parliament for 111441 . 4 . %14 . 1114i4111. I t 111 l abet her an hasps on sal sp. tutu Of 1111 . M. Cllll'll4l slit under I Ise provishass of the present law or SODS! new ISt Vitiel' the 1111144', %hi n attention has been once discoed to this nuttier, will esissolenni the conti 111 l ing existence Of 1114• iorvaeist state of things. The eouttnittee hare reesivs.ol very general assunineeps of suppoit to any allhoorgiusiscsl stvstesit of better divining the marshes son both silks of the 'litanies train highly influential oloiartovo, besides a general ILsslllllllee from her Majesty's in the oisieet. " The qtlestion in a large one It seellls to the committee to he proved that the health of thu itiliabilantn of the tutetropolis in di infected by the state of the marshes. and the connuittec venture to reeommend that Meal's In krovided and titeiroiren taken to ensure a noire elielitleti nowledge of the &et-, ill the hope that the interests of the owner.' and lll . esapier. of the het will thereb y promoted, and that hot is title to the pni•lic aelfure will be seciired." O s 14.11441111.111. e The report w. unit' t i iiii oi%ly adopted by the meet ing. and ordered to be printed for general circulation. AUSTRALIAN 1:011TI'N THI Sydney correspondent of a daily journal relates some eorions anecdotes of the prose as and the ra pidity of moncy.making in Australia. We give• home extracts from his letter:— F•ortime•ulakiu> the principal !sushi. ..4 Of people in Sydney and Nlelhotirtie. 1-:Ner thing rhr i. merely it ece r , s or. 11'e thissk. indee•ll, till oW Mud th , II xl tilal other ; hat cent. per cent. 1.4 mu cogitations. Not cent. iwr cent. tier MIII•IIUI. bid Vela. per cent. per mouth. and someti iiii .s per week The ay siu wlaie•ll moues i. made are vatic 1". I W ot t. l ull 011 C e 111•foic that the towns were the trine buld•helds. lit Victoria it THE PRESS. may be otherwise, but in New South \Vales it is unde niable. I will give in an instance or two. Three years ago theta little Itemises, One of Which I occupy, were built in a pleasant part of Woolloonnouloso, r•ri , bOki ilg the dt)lffitill, 1111.1 one of the prettiest nooks in Pori Jackson. The three houses coat 'on/.: and they were let l'.r Ns. a week each. lAsit week DIV landlord refused I,oloni. far them, Is-catise he does not know what he could possibly do with the money. I have a lease for three t.itrot. I have been offered :ill/. preastistua to give it up. lint in the business parts of the city very different nava of toren l i 11l 'tire given. A gentle -1111411 of illy alsillaintilitre, engaged in the wine trade, had a leas' . of SOW(' in orge-strect, ornierly beenpied by the. Ilmsik of Austrslia. Out comes the London l'har (eyed Bunk. hooks out fur offices, cannot find any, and gives in f r i e nd :t,!vlif. cash to go out of his house. Ile takes the money, hires a dray Ur two, carries off his pipes and hogsheads, and instals himself' in another place, under lease, shout three Ismalred yards up the street. Inane tliately out ('(hull's "The English, Scottish. and Austral' chartered." Can't find offices; g.e's to Mr. —, begs and prays him to remove again : I lie, nothing both, takes 3,115 W. inure flu- the e ! The old adage Kays, " Tllll4 . ye 194 are us bud als a lire. " 11l A 11,411116( we are at the 1111tillode14, Mind), three removes make your fortune. Topsy-turvy place! Again, Own- is at rage for public house keeping. A dig ger Lela t u gctlier a few loattlreds, comes to town, dues not know what to lilt, 1 gel.; into dulls with the landlord ; raid huidlord finds out the stethtime snider which Alr. Digger is labouring, praises the neigh bourhood, strikes at bargain, transfers his hose and lichee, 111141 l tekets from WI/. to 1.110111., as the ease may be. My house is in the middle tot' an equilateral triangle. to each angle of whielt there is uu " hotel." In two v ears tlio.se lloottrishing c011t...111$ hate 11111004 through half a dozen 1 Is eat.h. I forgot to say Han, generally, the retiriolg houlltord has been running up /another house of his Own, which he occupies awhile, then sells the goodwill, AS before, and so in a isotopic of years or so he is a rich matt. I know a worthy fellow who, Ave years ago, went about buying old bits of iron in the streets. When he Lad got r 441/. lie turned Suet' , er--opett-air witclitmeer—silltl uld prints, mails, !lutist lire jackets, fireirons. bedsteads, crockery, isitny whistles, lso forth, whpreby, in ,is 1111011111 s, Ile gut tigether ;UMW. Then be speculated in gn. 4 .4.r ) . rimslly, in I t), 110 turned pawnbroker. Now, pawnbrokers in Splti..y nie not 'tot UI fitly particular rate Or ildi Ir.t ; 1111 per 1•4•111. was lily 1111041eSt rut 11111 l 154.11. the gold ilise.wvry. F.4.13 - 144m1y pawnrol properly to be OW to the di rung.. That bumight grist 144 the hill'. In It•Ce: 4.f Louse::, and sold them at : . ),IMPOi• lie is it Worthy. lidos &timid Oil his ploy, %%ills nothing to do. Or el MUM . I lit: lasisshUp has "Mg /0.411 Intll-1 . 11 . 1.4, soul a pre • volised for the gIIUIIwIII. Ten yealN ago the• win thy fi jells' ot • mils'• 1%1 s to, the 'tress al U. a week. He Isccowc•x editor, midis nh t nit retir►ng with If., awl one of the miSit en►n firtable 10in... • in the ••• sotto -it 1101104' Nell id 15 5 .1.1 5 ' I n •nn' %% i/11111 it • lie :raw it. %Om 1114: eagle. 411 1110 11111.'• la ilic ilWrCilSt• ill 111111* lieW3piiper peens. 1114'%% %%4 kly journal tinder the title of the Eiig/ids 00000 m 11:e. icel lit ly I 1..” estaliti s liod t o adv o . rate iv.* and squatter It is exceedingly w 1 II conillicoll, and '611.01%1'1y well written. We aro also to haw an illissiroted sydery .NeorA, and a friend of mine been conspiring with nic with the view of stalling an antipi4lli.;lll editio na of l'isoch at the la ginuin lof the year. The Family ,1 •sifsb , , Witstriwg, k:rum, spring up like mushrooms and wither like grass. A GOLDEN QUARRY. Sisal: private aceounts received by the last Austra• Ilan uuiil ftont the Ballarat diggings report the dis covery of some new gold-tiehls, far surpassing in their profusion of golden produce anything that had previously been known. 'the statements are so circumstaittial as to bear every appearance of authen ticity ; and, even allowing an ample margin for exaggerated description and over-sanguine hopes, the bare facts that remain are sufficiently extraordi nary. A letter from a settler in Hobart town, pub lished in the Bristo/ Joarnat, gives the following details :---" I write to inform yon of a great discovery that has again been made on the Geelong side, about filly-six miles from th.. town. They have been dig ging very deep. and hvve come on a table of gold, about one hundred feet from the surface, apparently inexhaustible. All I can tell yon respecting it is that the people's minds are partly turned, from the immense discovery. Every Wilful of earth they raise from these holes contains pounds weight of gold. 'l•he more they dig the more inexhaustible it appears at Geelong. A tumult has broken nut among the diggt es. The Government has sent up all the military to ya:•ll the disturbances. and the marina R of her Nlikiesty'a ship Electra are mounting guard at the Treasury, and the sailors of the above steamer of-sar mount sentry at the banks. The military from Van I►ienten's Lend are about to he despatched to MulhAtrne to aid the military already there. Good ne,,, on ly knows how all this will end.—[Sept. I—By the steamer from Geelong this dav I find that a gold quarry has been discovered near Geelong, 1(N) to UM tees train the surface of the earth, putting all other diggings in the shade. Im,lloo ors. have been taken out in three days by a few persons, and one person SATURDAY, has got out a lump weighing HO lb. in one solid piece. This is no exaggeration, and the greatett excitement prevails." The Geelong Adrertiser com municates a few additional particulars :—The stratum of gold is, in reality, a " not a table. Here tofore the gold has been traced in veins and "pockets.- Now it is found in an immense circular patch, or monster pocket; and already about a dozen holes have been sunk iu it, every one of which has hit. So uniform is this rich stratum that its value, where. ever tested, has been found to range !rout 1,200/ . t ,, 2,000/. per superficial foot. When the stratum was tirst reached the little mounds of earth containing the gold bad the appearance of a solid rock of tl e metal, but when handled it broke into a mss of du: t and nuggets. The twelve holes are known by th e name of the "jewellers' shops." ion* anti . Colonial Intelligence. PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE. l'Ams, December •.:2. PAWS is full of English visitors at this moment, although there is nothing except the usual Parisian amusements of theatres, good dinners at Vely's and the Cafe de Paris, to make them pass their time agree ably. The Court receptions will only begin at the New Year's-day, and there are no balls or parties among the elite of the society going on at this time. A notice has again appeared in the Moniteur which it may be useful to advert to. It is as f Mows : . 4 It is by mistake that persons addressing themselves to the high functionaries of the State and of the Crown make use of the title of " 31onseigneur." This style belongs by right only to the French princes, and to the princes of the family of the Em peror." Captain Laporte, brought to a court marti a l f or t h e murder of his general, the Count de Nieully, has been arquitted and immediately liberated. The Count Valentin Esterhazy, named Envoy Ex traordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Austria at the Court of Russia, arrived last night in Paris, in company with Lord Bateman, who, it is said, has come over on a skit to the Emperor. The Legislative Assembly will meet for the trans. action of business in February, previous to which a Ministerial modification, it is confidently asserted, will take place. In spite of the rigour of the season, their Majcs. tics have visited several public and private eatablish nimbi, 11111011 g others that of the Sisters of Charity in the Faubourg, St. Antoine. This foundation receives I•!t) orphans, :NM children arc lodged and maintained. 100 are out•lsoarders. This vast family were assem. bled together in the hall and received the Emperor and Empress with acclamations of joy and gratitude. In conversing with the superior, on the origin and progress of this charity, the name of the Duchess de Narbonne, the most generous benefactress of this establishment, was necessarily brought forward with gratitude. Their Majesties took their departure not without leaving tangible roofs of their interest and generosity, and some nice cakes were distributed among the children by order of the Empress. Fresh despatches have been received from St. Petersburg. Russia has declared that she will enter into no negotiations whatever but on the ex press condition that the point relating to her " pro. tectorate" over the tireek Church shall be lett entirely to be treated between Russia and the Sub lime Porte exclusively, without the interruption of time other powers. The temperature has become milder, and the thaw having allowed of the works going on again for the junction of the Louvre with the Tuileries, they have been resumed this morning. In 1555, the year de cided on for the great Universal Exhibition, the Emperor is anxious that France and Europe should find the palace of the Louvre completed. The hotel of the Ambassador of Russia, M. de Kisseletf, was brilliantly illuminated on Tuesday, the fiite-day of the Emperor Nicholas. The French St. Nicholas falls on the Nth. But of course the Russian Ambassador adheres to the old style, which still continues orthodox in Russian almanacks. ..... Most of the principal churches in Paris are ad mirably heated by "caloriferes," such as St. Sulpice, St. Roche. St. Germain l'Auxerrois, St. Eustacbe (built during the regency of the Duke of Bedford). La Madeleine, Notre Dame de Lorette, St. Vincent tie Paul, AT. _ The Archbishop of Paris has granted a di,pensa lion to all the inl►nb:tants to allow them to eat meat rot F►idaya. owing to the hardness and insalubrity of the times." The authors of the popular piece Les Cossaqates, now nightly given at the Gaite, have had their play richly hound in vellum and gold, to be sent as a present to the Sultan.