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tern , havi i e he g ro o , t e ti l • v n es informatio n on that subject, )I'n.id it t i o a (Bear.) w 001..,, Jeepib;BWootLinhlaEeSidolL. EY said he thought th,.ii House which cora . .fi • :r o e f n t t h p e o mitre Well at the i:esitryttiestegui)ervidenee bef ore from ogs o t that a t t h a u n t - ` t !ee• Two letters. ' had been p received from Persou_es s r i proceedings di which h T w ho e s r e e that Committee, considered private and confidential,.ti, E. Ten -4„,r8 were from Mr. Wodehouse and Sir J. E Ten (as both desired that the letters might be published Ois the tr as 8, e "•otleurable Baronet was underetood). most the : - t.Prebable therefore they would appear in P Pe ndie t h " b. 0t e report. eer, T , t ele r ; .AI CULLA.GII was understood to support the Of 11.41e nt• Ple would ask the Noble Lord at the . ttthe colonial d epartment, or any Hon. Gentleman op eltei whether it was thought that public business of coul dthat i. ad conducted if they allowed evidence.ttee with '`,Lnti alluded to to he forced upon a Comm? ett'nese.sl o,•ors; and then forced out of that Committee upon o of g - ter FilDoe out of doors to be made the subject erhaps. l it e t a P i e r e i n t rn e dal ennet:t—jellaers; Per 'f or r.) That evidence might, P to but it would be dangerous to the purposes of party feeling, or prejudicescthe Hon. Attob,;.to forward at preset the Inuaen i r eblil:Pi'. VILLIERS said that it was, after someeoneiduend e, i t 2nle, tat the private evidence had given;been to, n that peach the testimony of the • ;l' b • e4 ' i t would have been most unfair to report es t s h o a n t 1 1 :7 5 e to the Roue°. In the course of the last . s ves i ti_ Reti•eend Quad that they could not go into an e y lo i e n eel ia r „. i _ aof the affairs of Ceylon, without 0. The d ifficulty of bringing therieost itauperable. Lookig. at the evid ...t No witnesses so . m . e here would sken do h °nlci Mme to no honest conclusion upon 't l 4 t there wee i at tejustify theaeogurersaet Portion of the evidence which pursued by Lord Torr d ing h t e o en . .`ltttlfiere was also evidence to show that acts i'l°ol4_ hadltted which could not be justified. e h •n a surree- teeae broken out shortly after Lord Torrington Thl reut h d a e d . ' gle e f a c ti ti and he vvae obliged to depend in a g fit, Be his information on those around h eeet of kb wished toknow temporary RIGIIT the e , ' tne publication was merely tempo that of the pelpoHnee / grit that t he C eylon we ll as • d .oai 4 e cue of ,as . ea& 4lends, ought to be a warning to his Iron. Friend 41;ntiolidere Secretary for the Colonies (Mr. Hawes), lice .! 1 , 8 chief (Earl Grey), that whenever an insurrec politic and toopeepoa place, to deal with it in a m liaison ulatioer, and not to act or give any Sir i li a ,' t heY were fully aware of the facs . o ortant a dike, ! ". ROGG complained that so imp u without an f y th in e s t e r a U s e e. • illy oaten us that should have been brought o It was fully notdee,n4l 140t104 being before the House. policy of dtitl ' ilen ' t f°r anY Honourable Membe o r t t o h h e ave intro cureeusSiou on that subject and n a good :r togtor t a government of Ceylon,eenin the , Of el Joidenee on that subject had b evidence neces tiqtyo kl . UBB for a long time. All the of military the hands 14, „,tl:te Understanding the reclamationp the Hens' lie lee several other matters, was before Hon. Mem he, for bound to say therefore, that the the course Ito ' Montrose had ' not acted fairly in . d•vidual ~.._ latreeed I . to the in i 418. 4 • t was always unfair se—to draw oe nosied---untair tu Members of that Hou .„„ many 0 k I , a discussion without proper notice. 1 . 1 coming on tlat bri.elebers were aware of such a debate they 1 411 . upon the evidence of matters printed,. . por t g- . betpre a material ma tt „ e p red to take part in it. The m the House last ett,...ii: evidence had been laid before Committee had L ee n IA the early Part o f it, The in that C t ter ftra n ed ,for the course they had take Committee e d e :, .I.lt it ' was Perfectly competent as a not to he leelAlu,s whether evidence ought or ought hee' before that h were repeate gee, • us er an t ere hem et in w hich C • had taken upon t , e k (hit t In theownlittees members of the Committee seeeekkessed t case two that the evidence ought to ented while t opinion their elm t., Ilth tt 1, "he ten members had expressed those Nee% *" on P t tto h printed; and, under. etell no a to the llettrie Atieea, be believed the Home would yield found St al i t of the Majority. The Committee had d the aeke""l4could not separate that portiou_ frame that tiee ~,Ve was private and confidentialt a of public e t ,acte rt . I _ ll _, Could be fairly considered felt compelled tertei o :",,li they had, therefore, should be beld fro t the whole of the evidence :ea'Nl, rola the public for the present. They had re & 4eade that he M • ' Government should direct iltat. ettention to thrajestYbut as it was informal i p en _ Committee evidence; ottp„ or call the attention of the Nett 44 N t e a ‘ -; mmittee.to had not Le en laid before i t %se ~evidence which informality see 'Ellie Noble Lord had removed that ..nb. Ne e r ,kg the evidence on the table, and by giving 44,peet'uo alotion then under their consideration. With bore a eh t:lhlhe reception of the evidence which that '4 4 4 ceed •i - he had to observe 1 Ad alwa y s elitist character NI, tho ought never to have been ~,_ l ; 4,1, ught that it which the th:Nitt ee ,4,3 ryas the first wrong step had 1, el to all ern' litib ae 'net taken in that matter that no. Evidence kaeti,„„clueet errors and embarrassme to have been b lelie it`'''' eharacter, which ought never nd as f ld gOt • r evidence, a 3 , 4 4er was 1 111 Zed up with pu I nswer to the latter, ette ki,lareittee t . i . some measure an a _ _ not publish the ttitl 41 _ , !lading that they could that they old 40 , 430 been compelled to determine admitted i t Zt th e '' Pablish the other. Ho readily showed a e;.7l°lietoe,,Yidence Which had been taken showed colony of t e o lloe4isi• disorganisation throughout t liee n titie e : el l Proved that things could . not be allowed in which they 1 ,, la th,,,a that colony in the condition in for Mont 13'1?..e.htine stood. The Hon. Member and the 41 44 41 4 d of the atrocities, the rapine, "ern. tat etnteitted i .31 . tip % Ned tt), a that colony , violent opinions the tuh,eave entertained far less of the th ° e ti k t a . ef th,,,i e ,,t at the period of the termination hich had le eele p " `;oraniittee, for the resolution e tt t relies had w merely ti e 0 t .ed by the lion. Member etee has efl ket t Lord Tor by. n riter e re i. hat the course pursued the good-will csi r Setio et, been calculated to secure n . For his II), ions°' the inbimitagts o f ill, nolo y .4 ) ~. ...to. , d that there were not toe4,eeerahe,,l,) part he believe that the would say h tti I ‘ . , et et. 1401), the COIL rnittee who . martial law tith4e4 eeprqrorrington in proposing portion the only ti ltil e h t( hld tlet ethic'tt'z' and that was which be would t ketraler tee o' the Noble Lord on . . He hoped 1 4.rn eioe ss zea to pronounce any opinion, He had been V e tt ' ie e-„°,,,u,41 adopt the amendment, which of the liejnlittee "'equity with the recommendation the pub 4oti of :, and that they would not then order to have , eipteheeieePhrresPonderice which ought neve r 'latei:Aleeie tile Committee. he had Illir 4 forth n nid that the resolution whit}} w d been drawn Ltt th e e adoption of the Committee had Cite etnetierat had stood solely h ' ? ee e n „,.,e shape in which it received their ,e %o n ''',!al not have hoped to have should styete lt fil l : t) " a More decided character. He d B.r. E. N I et t h a , the letters of Mr. Wodehousene 1 on the el of th ~,e been read without any opposition ) Ike e r oneitt believed that the production . °Py i eorres ee- He with tipti tilf)ertat' uusace had already been attendedd that with kptit Lo rd ,l't effects, for he felt persuade a removed. 114tP4d'y itith.lorrington would never have been subject th e 7 ile/et seszion he should bring the fur -4,, ,44 tietice of the House; he should even go - Nei. Inove Attorney at e „ al t o a resolution instructing the f it, how eke 114 ~Prosecute Lord Torrington. He e ress his e t tal to' W,ould then be useless for him to p it ell e ~ ,ehvieioe Ole - eat en . k st eed W as then withdrawn, and the amendment 0 4 ' ti t% t until tleloot adJourned at Half-past Eight o'clock la 04 Wednesday. 4 .ltt te '""e•••--..,_______.--..._._ jAktil'ir—Aßl( —DIVISIONS. ell le le d e c a nt 'LOUSE OF LORDS, AUG. 12. Yie r the Port leti arle,4 iliTii.er of going into Committee on tkaeP:is r i ler Carlisiez"Ls. bl ti , 'toll 1,. a i , Granville Grey lzric;tiaeset, Leitrim •.,,e,„. e kinto 'tle 1 , ttrafrord kit l , 4 % ' vtll i tgai n't L----------- n t on the Sum" t4r, adatiee ord Lucas's amendmn `qkkelicp. 4 (Ireland) Bill : e l , , ' eve team. 1.4 4 e, '4l. Carlisle , Grey Cl ik k k , Granville bo 4 lck, Fingal). k Leitrim .44,44‘1 . llli tto ° h a St. Germans ItAh. Chichester""• A k.,te —se.e_____e ee ,_ te V. SHARE MARKETS. thi, 'et, t Pti,Piit re t`rt.„,., BRISTOL, AUG. 12. to notice in enree,Reeetsetlt;cac•--We have little change done, and I,tottirs-ta,_ e ll e le A small business has been `, eue W.„...'eniain stationary. • The only alterations ., 4, r, 74. ..‘"qn, New 171. Shares, 7% die.—Midlared dee-eOe' a Ip ti e osek.44 LIVERpor.r , ka, AUG. 12. business l'ikltNli.3•' betlie(?•---There was only a moderate ere as e.g e e, 5 ,71inethetiees were firm. The transactio 3 n B s w llitto, 41 44, iii t ,, 6 eatcttdead Yorkshire, Consolidated, . rs e p. alsi,l'itarla• d North-Western, QuS.r..te ~ %,; " L ia l e t t :' 17 7 41 Midland, 33% ai. ch i ester an , o lnehire, 15tee• leteet*k,- (14411114INGELAM, AUG. 12. t/trr ee d tioisneihi nY. phe---The share mar in ket was dull and NO; tei i t e , 4 e•"e only t ransactions reported were—South 1' 5 4 1 'ere - --1. North-Western. buyers, 4totit . lilt ,Ottdon and. :t la met there were few sellers of any dkscri p the trt,„4. ____7arket. 11,%PhtictihTH IP; ----- --1,--- _-- f f r , s e, p era 44,?- 1C . 1105 PITAL.----A tweeting o f ,tierla ei -t lrley 144. friends of the Orthopatlic Hospital are. lae,nt tee!port i s 'he board-room, 6, Bloomsbury squtat see N . „ds er',w ye:,.lle(i by the committee it appears te e ' la zt eoeo cas es 'h ich the hospital has been founded, krt r.,d,Jlw, 0 of orthopmdy have been treated— tietrtnek 0E141141' of that large number no fatal cases h ! 1 0 ) z tee ". inje hag there been any instance of permanent ,;vi•ileasq„ 'illy tif, 111fileted on the patients. The present 114°,tilVrditut'r'elleance.of out patients, it appears, exceeds , P ~see, eases c aber in reg P lar attendance being about hp ktp 4 t , re "°eB are Week). • c h number of 30 1 te i „ . 4 . 4 , v , in.tt, after . 3 added, t e kie eq e late ) , to , Stating that a t reatg number of ap arert erri e 'Alit orz,, einission, and that many of such cases des N th Ati„g to the ere,.if not dangerous, by delay, conclu . th e ki,a,ean etremeniectieal etudents who - have sought the Nli, e ilely o v r if th e (A P 15 Y the hospital, and the consequent nlcleint teeptfistereet of its founders to form a school for tte,e , to theerie g lions, as Well as an institution for the kg 4 ' the, e.teli-rt,4eanitee An illustrated appendix is ottkafie,,,wiag t ,,,, ia which •• t reetine diagrams are tie g ete,.(ree ta ue r n) in e .. , . , n et eh tel e h eleet, alcove Poiion of different Las .e• before t he of th elng ,-, instance of severe lateral curvature INel:;,Se,,,,'e tisti:tr,tleularly d istinguished, together with a nie r r rt,ii e t •fear et,B": inierorement six months after treat- N. e routinetil;ations having been made relative . to , e tn eet; 4 , ll 2e, ut eess was passed, and the meetine Arj4-.•,* ho etioe tt , 4C °4 ltY q (1 c'n g v t " 1 1 .--At the usual weekly k r.. ~,,t4 _tirel, i , _ dturd„,. a recommending that tei' e til e a tltlopterald h e "et_ repoq & at a cost of tie _ t . h t .qe Ne,2l.4aci 151..eensed, painted, c.ion of a glazed Sattilitehreentil) y ehorcilvotv for the e ecc e ,_ I d not to enter 1114tiott 110,,Ireattr)yee,ented oe th: s p r r e e s vious Saturday, re ' 45 1, .4) titer into - a great lodging-house se : , 'BISHOP. Norwich BARONS. Ashburton Campbell Eddlsbury Foley Sudeley Norwich BARONS. Beaumont Campbell De Freyne Dufferin Eddisbury Elphinstone Foley THE SUN, METROPOLITAN COMMISSION OF SE\VEBS. A monthly general Court of Commissioners r: as held on Friday morning at the central office, Greek street, Soho, for the purpose of receiving the first por tion of the general plan for the drainage of the me tropolis, and on general business. Viscount Ebrington took the chair at twelve o'clock. Present, Captain Dav,son, Mr. Hawes, Mr. Hardwicke, Mr. E. Lawes, Captain Harness, Mr. Stephenson, M.P., and Sir J. Burgoyne. Befure entering upon the business of the day the Court received two deputations, one from the Com missioners of Pairing, St. James's, Westminster, and the other from the Metropolitan Sanitary Associa tion. The object of these deputations did not trans pire. EXPENSES OF THE COMMISSION. Viscount ERRINGTON soUl—The attention of the Commission ha, been called to a question put to the House of Commons as to the cost of management of the Commission. No opportunity offered itself for any debate upon the subject, the question was merely put, and the forms of the House prevented any sub sequent discussion. The subject seemed, however, to the Commissioners deserving of prompt attention, and an explanatory report was prepared by the secretary under the direction of the Commissioners, to be used when an opportunity offered. The present cost of management is less than in 1847 upon the rental of the property assessed. The cost was formerly about 6s. 61, and upon the actual value of property now under our actual jurisdiction it is 4s. 61, or ra ther less, 4s. 51d. Under the old Commission the system of bookkeeping was such that nobody could certify its correctness, but now it is perfectly accu rate. A series of bills, dated 1839, are now in the possession of the Commissioners, and they will suffi ciently justify this remark. Mr. WooLayer' then read the report as follow& :- 4. COST OF THE COMMISSION. " There was an important error in the public reports of the proceedings at the Metropolitan Court of Sewers, held on the 28th of February, an error which has a material bearing upon the observations mask upon the general conduct of the business of the Commission. The item in question is thus described:-- '• Pa) ments for books, surveye, management, Sss., 85,346/. 3s. 6d.; and it has been stated, as a not impro bable conjecture, that if the charge for " Works" were included in the item, the expenditure of the year might amount to 150,0001. It is further intimated that a large proportion of the expenditure is probably due to the heads of management and experiments. The error al luded to consists in the use of the word " books" in stead of " works," the item being described in the accounts presented to the court as "Payments for works, surveys, management, &c." The total sum expended during the year commencing the sth of January, and ending the 31st of December, 1849, was 85,346/. 3s. 6d., but 69,068/. 13s. ld. represents the expenses incurred during the period. The sum paid for works during the period was 50,3091. 4s. id., but the amount incurred under this head was 39,313/. 17s. 3d. The ex pense incurred for management between the above dates was 18,442/. 3s. 9d., though the sum ex pended in respect of management was 22,400/. 17s. sd.—the difference being due to the previous year. But it must be remarked that the sum of 18,442/. 3s. 9d. includes various it• ms beyond those strictly applicable to office establishments, surveying, and engineering staff; &c. It includes a sum of 3611. 3s. 6d., the charge of a professional accountant, who has remodelled the system of ace( unts with reference to the adjustment of the financial condition of the former separate Commissions, the organization of a new department for contractors' accounts, the separate account of twenty-two districts, and other minute requirements of the New Sewers, Act, with reference to the audit and Parliamentary statement. It further includes a sum of 621/. 55., the amount of superannuation allowances, compensations, &c., to officers of the old separate Commissions, the sum of 1,0531. 6s. 2d. for poundage to rate-collectors, and copies of the poor -rates, &c., 244/. 143. 6d. for law ex penses, obligations for rent, &c., from old Commission. The change effected by recent enactments in the consti tution of the Commission has imposed upon it an extensive class of new duties, especially with reference to he nee drainage and the abatementof private nuisances; and these, together with measures cunAquent upon the cholera last year, occasioned a large expenditure charged to the head of ms.usgement; and the expenses occasioned by the superintendence of sewerage and drainage works executed at the cost of private individuals is also appli cable to the same head. The aggregate rental of the separate Commissions under the former system was rather more than 6,000,0001, and the cost of manage ment for the eleven months of their existence in the year 1847 was 21,0001. Is. 7.1., being about 6s. 7d. per cent. The rateable value of the property within the present active jurisdiction of the Commission is rather over 8,000,000/., and the cost of management, even without any allowance for the items ebove referred; to, is about in the ratio of 4s. 6d. per cent. It must be further stated that the expenditure of the year included 9,082/. 14s. for contractors' and tradesmen's accounts under the old Commissions, and 3,6941. 17s. 53. interest on loans con tracted also under the old Commissions. " Remarks have been made as to the amount of the liabilities of the Commission, viz. 100,0001., apparently under the impression that these liabilities have toren in curred by the Commissions issued since 1847. This is an entire misconception. Of this amount the sum of 63,833/. 18s. 7d. is the residue of the old obligations for the most part of one of the separate Commissions in respect of loans, annuities, &c., and contractors' accounts applicable to that period. It also includes the sum of 14,203/. Os. id. for the Ordnance, subterranean, and other surveys—works of general and permanent utility, the expense of which may equitably be distributed over a series of years. With the burden of these old obligations, an extended jurisdiction, and multiplied functions, instead of aug menting the liabilities of the former Commissions, those liabilities have, since December, 1847, been reduced to the sum of 9,714/. 16s. 2d., the general deficiency on the financial position in November, 1847, the date of the supersedeas,' having been 36.729/. 10s., and the general deficiency in December, 1849, being 27,0141. 4s. Bd. Since that period only one loan has been effected, namely, a sum of 3,000/. for the special purposes of a district, on which a portion of it has been expended, and which has not yet been rated. On the question of the explicitness and publicity of the accounts of the last year, it may be observed that the auditor appointed by the Secretary of State occupied the entire month of February in a labo rious investigation of those accounts; the accounts them selves and every voucher containing a full and circum stanti7,l account of the expenditure, with the sums appli cable to the various heads of works, management, &c., were deposited at the principal office for public inspec tion for a week previous to the day of audit. Advertise ments to that effect and announcing the day of audit were inserted in all the daily papers on two consecutive days, and on the day of the audit it would have been competent to any ratepayer to appear and demand ex planations on any item that might seem to require it. The auditor certified to the fulness, completeness, and accuracy of the accounts thus investigated, publicly audited, and presented in open court, and expressed strong commendation of the mode in which they had been kept." THE DRAINAGE OF THE METROPOLIS. The committee appointed by the General Court to take into consideration the general drainage of the metropolis, and report thereon, determined to divide their labours into three distinct portions, or rather three distinct reports ; the first to consist of a plan for the drainage of the southern side of the Thames ; the second to consist of a plan for the drainage of Westminster ; and the third to be a plan for the general drainage of the metropolis north of the Thames. The committee determined to take the drainage of the southern portion first into their con sideration, as its requirements seemed to them to be more immediately pressing than those of any other district. The CHAIRMAN read the report, as follows : "SURREY DRAINAGE. "1, Greek-street, Soho, August 1. " My Lord and Gentlemen,—ln obedience to instruc tions which I had the honour to receive from you on the 8111 ult., I now proceed to furnish a report and esti mate for a complete system of drainage for the Surrey and Kent districts, including extensive alterations in the inclination of existing sewers. "Notwithstanding the labour and ingenuity displayed in many of the plans for the drainage of the metropolis sent in last year—some of which, as you stated in your report of the Bth of March, dealt ably with the general drainage on the north side of the Thames—l have been, us you are well aware, in laying out the plan of drainage for the seuth side, able to derive little or no practical assistance from any of them, which is to be accounted for, doubtless, by the necessarily defective data on which they were baser), owing to the imperfect nature of the information which it was then in the power of the Com missioners to supply to their various authors; but I feel it my duty to acknowledge in the outset the very valuable assistance I have received from plans and suggestions prepared, after consulting the block plans and subter ranean surveys, by a member of your Hon. Commission, who kindly placed them in my hands during the prepa ration of the plan I have now the honour to submit. — "ln drawing up this report I have, under your in structions, adopted the following principles for my guid ance:-1. To keep the river Thames free from sewage a: all tittles of the tide from Woolwich-reach upwards. " 2. To abolish all open ditches and cesspools, as well as defective, shallow or high level sewers. "3. To maintain a continual and unintermitting flow, with the aid of tilts where necessary, in all the sewers along their whole length, by which the evils arising from pent-up sewage—viz, the generation of noxious gases and the unavoidable formation of deposit in the sewer during its stagnation—may b 3 avoided. " 4. To construct the sewers at inclinations so pro portioned to the volume of fluid to be carried off by each that the velocity of the current shall keep them clear of deposit without the need of regular periodical flushing, which experience has shown to be not only troublesome and expensive in its operation, but also very injurious to the sewers and drains in which it is practised. " 5. To form the mai❑ sewers at such a depth as not only ti receive the drainage of the deepest existing sew ors, but to answer the purpose of main drains capible of extension towards the extremities of the district. " 6. To provide a natural escape by the power of gravity alone for storm waters and land floods, indepen dent of the ordinary sewers, whose contents will on the south tide of the Thames require artificially lifting, and to construct the new sewers of such sizes only as may be sufficient to take the general drainage of the district, including ordinary rain falls, connecting them at about mean low water, with outlets for heavy floods. LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 13, 1850. - - " 7. To follow existing public streets, roads, or paths, i The sewers now empty themselves into. the Thames so as to a v o id h eav y compenea:ion for injury to private at various levels, and when the tide rises above the b t h e u s s a i t d h e to Nv h b o a l e b s u y t s t a e n m c.fse injurious curves or undue prolongation of the :ewers property, whenever this can be done without causing or ifi ces of those sewers, of the district is stopped until the tide recedes again ; of course the whole drainage and consequent loss of level. "8. To extend the ramifications of the sewers :Stet. the main lines are completed into all the streets at such Commission commenced the consideration of this depths and with such inclinations as to give perfect self- articulationer s in n f t h zi t cesspools. lecalit y may Tla with a sincer e d es i re to accompl i sh t h e drain cleansing str ee t-d ra i nage , an d th e o pp o rtunity for effi- subject drain cient house drainage. age by natural means, if possible; but it soon became , "The following is a general out li ne o f the means pro- apparent that these sewers, which were subjected tor posed to effect the objects above named:— eight hours out of the twelve to a state of stagnation, "I beg to recomm en d t h e top of Woolwich-reach as acquired a settlement of solid matter which required the point for delive r i ng th e sewage i n to the river, because even a more extensive system of flushing than that I believe that the matter so delivered at and after high which we now possess. It has been proved by the water, end in the centre, and at the bottom of the stream last few years that even gushing, under such circum g, will not rise to the surface, so as to inconvenience the stances, inhabitants of Woolwich, If, however, it should be sewers to forma concrete of hard substances is such deemed expedient, either for agricultural purposes or for to render any cur ren t o f water, however rap id an d as any other re as o n , to conve y th e se wa g e below Woolwich quite • to some point near D constant,ial before its delivery into the lneffectual. Under these circum-, Thames, it may be Effected by means of iron pipes stances it became apparent that the Commission must across the marshes and through Woolwich, to be supplied resort to artificial means of drainage, and pumping by an engine and stand-pipe erected at or near the by steam appeared to be the most economical and the Woolwich ros4, near Greenwich• gate. most efficient plan. Mr. Forster therefore proposed " Commncing with thetatl at a p o i n t eight miles the establishment of a steam-engine, at the Ravens belo elon-briage, t propoeed to form a double bourne, to lift the whole of the sewn eof the district reservoir, capable of holding at least twenty-four hours' to a height of 2ft., and by th t g °ens a current am, drainage, covered over, and elevated to such a height as would be established - so as to maintain throughout the to discharge the whole of its contents at high water, de whole day, without cessati on, a constant flow, and the livering them by means of pipes near the middle and at solid the bottom of the river. The sewage will be lifted matter which now forms the subject of complaint into the reservoir at this point (by means of an engine) would be carried off. The expense of pumping may from the main sewer, the invert of which is supposed at first appear to be very great. I thought so myself to be at about mean low wat e r, and ten feet below the at the commencement; but when it was reported ,to surface of the marshes. me, by the officers of- the commission, that the cost "Hence the course of the main sewer will be across of flushing and the cost of removing this solid matter Greenwich-marshes, along Woolwich Lower-road, Tra- now concreted at the bottom of the sewers would be falgar-roacl, and Roan-street, to the Ravensbourne very great, and that the cost of pumping up the whOle (where there is proposed to be a lift not exceeding of the sewagematter wouldl cost less money, thought twenty-five feet) passes under the River Ravensbourne that theof system Pumping, as applied to the south past the corner of the Trinity almshouses, crossing aide of the Thames, app eared to be ent i re l y w ith ou t Union-street and Bridge-row or C o lli er - s tr e et. objection. I will no t no "This lift and shaft I propose to pl a ce completely . wgo into the details of the under cover, and to connect with the chimney of the works, as Mr. Forster has already explained them ; smoke-consuming furnace of the engine all the passages and I shall move that Mr. Forster's report be adopted, from which any gases could escape from the sewer, and and that the works therein recommended be carried I feel perfectly confident that with these precautions the out forthwith. possibility of any annoyance being caused to the neigh- Sir JOHN BURGOYNE said—After the clear and bourhood may be obviated. full statement made by Mr. Stephenson, it is not ne " I mentioned above that it was not proposed that the cessary for me to go into any of the matters or details engines should have to raise all the storm waters or connected with this report, as it would only lead to land floods; these will be provided for in extraordinary confusion. It is, however, satisfactory to know that, cases by the four existing- outlets—vis , the Effra, the after the considerationgiven to these • l • • genera princi- Earl, the Duffield, and St. John sewers, and by means of Plealaid down in M Forster's r. in report, reservoirs and a diversion of the upper part of the Effra - to keep the low-lying and thickly-inhabited part of the stoners are unanimous in adopting them ; and that, district free from floods. with regard to details, there is no difference o f opi " From Collier-stre e t a li ne w hi c h may b e ca ll e d the nion a mongs t us. I think that no dissatisfaction can 'southern main line' diverges: the 'northern mai n li ne ' be expressed by the public at the system which we passing along the Lower Deptford-road to the crossing propose to adopt; and I - am glad to have an opporth of the Earl sewer, from which point it strikes into a nity of expressing my own full concurrence in the re north-westerly direction, and in a straight line towards port which has just been read. St. James's church, Bermondsey, thence along Prospect- The CHAT/mum—The Court has at last succeeded place to Doekhead, and thence to Gainsford-street and in coming to a satisfactory solution of this very diffi- Tooley-street, where it unites with the great St. John's cult question, and I was never more rejoiced than I sewer, with which are connected the Battle-bridge and am now to find that we have substantially brought,it its various branches; the inclination of the new sewer Iremind the to a conclusion. must 41 feet per mile, somewhat less near the point of dis- of clause 17 in our Act, which p rov id es t h at no l aw charge, somewhat fluid shall be considered formally enact e d b y any C ourt more of course as the volume of u diminishes et each successive ramifi ca tio n o f th e se wers . unless notice is given of it previously. I t hi n k , there " Returning to the diverging point at Deptford, the fore, that we had better consider this day's proceed course of the ' southern main line' will be by Loving ings merely as the required notice, and formally Edward's-lane nearly in a straight line with Old Kent- adopt this report at a future special Court. road at Hatcham, along the Old Kent-road to Surrey This was agreed to without remark. Canal-bridge, which is at the point of divergence of Mr. HAWES said, in reference to the prompt exacti on intermediate main line to be afterwards described; tion of these works, we are now in treaty with seve the southern main line will proceed by Neat-street and ral persons for the loan of sufficient money to carry Albany-road, in a straight line across to St. Mark's them out. We shall require about 500,0002 ., to be road, and by Camberwell New-road to St. Mark's church, . . repaid in years by thirty instalments, principal Kennington. Here it will pass under the Effra sewer, thirty divided and by a connexion therewith will receive its ordinary and interest, The expense so will amount to run of drainage; the floods of the Effra being provided about 2d. in the pound. tor by a relief line about 1,200 yards long, passing along Viscount EBRINGTON—That depends upon the the Oval and Harleyford.street to Vauxhall-criek—the terms which are made ; but the charge will be about present open and most offensive portion of (be Effra 2d. or 3d. in the pound; it will be stated in the from Kennington-road to Vauxhall being filled up yearly expenses. tend abolished. A GENTLEMAN in court asked whether it was com " The level of the southern main lino at St. Mark's 1 pu. sory upon landlords to dr a in i n t o t h ese sewers church would be about 1.0, or nearly 7 feet below the deepest sewer existing there at present, and will afford when they were formed ? W ere the po wers o f th e unexceptioneble drainage for Stockwell and Clapham, Act sufficient to compel th em ? Hawes—Every house withi n 100 feet of, a ton road and Wandsworth-road. Belham-hill, and the whole district lying between Brix- 1 - 1 leer. sewer must drain into it, and we s h a ll ta k e care to " The course of the ' intermediate line,' diverging at have a sewer within 100 feet of every house. the Surrey e Canal bridge, -* proceeds along the Old Kent. After receiving the estimates for some works la road to the Bricklayers' Arms, where it will divide; one minor importance, the Court adjourned. arm passes along the New Kent-road to the Elephant and Castle, where it will receive ,the drainage of the Walworth and Kennington-roads and a portion of London-road and St. George's-road. " The other more northern arm of this intermediate sewer proceeds from the Bricklayers' Arms along part of the Dover-road and Trinitycatreet, crosses Blackman street, continuing along Great Suffolk. street, across Southwark-bridge-road, along Suffolk. street, across the end of Gravel-lane, through Nelson-square, to Rowland Hill's chapel, at which point its level will be 0.40, being about 1 foot 2 inches below the Battle-bridge sower. This immediate main line will be 21- miles in length from the Surrey canal-bridge to Rowland Hill's chapel —one half of it through streets at present without deep sewers, and one half along the line of an existing deep sewer, fcr which it will form a substitute, and the more southern arm passing up to and dividing at the Elephant and Castle, about one mile in leng h, along the lines of existing sewers. The inclination of the proposed new lines varying at the different parts of the sewer, according to the branches received on the principle above mentioned. " Consequent upon this intermediate main line being carried into the middle of the populous districts will be an alteration of the levels of above six miles of existing sewers in the following streets, viz.:—New-cut, Corn wall-road, Waterloo. road, Borough-road, Newington causeway, Westminster. bridge-road, Lambeth-road, Westminster-road, parts of London-road, and St. George's-road. This will involve, in addition, much alteration in secondary drains and in house drainage; and I cannot quit this part of the subject without again suggesting to the Commissioners the expediency of watching and testing the working of the present main drains as soon as the main sewers are sufficiently com pleted to do so, before they proceed to the extensive alte rations in the existing sewers which the contemplated in terference with them will involve. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS TINIES.—The Metropolitan Commissioners of Sewers have at length published a practical scheme for the im mediate drainage of the southern side of the Thames. This plan was read in open court on Friday last, was virtually adopted by acclamation, and remitted to a future day for the more formal sanction required by law. It was, moreover, announced that " the Commissioners were unanimous" in their approval of the scheme, and that even " in regard to details" there was " no differ ence of opinion amongst them." The chairman gave a still more emphatic utterance to the sentiments of the Court, for ho described the "solution" of the great problem as " satisfactory," and expressed his extraordi nary gratification at the "conclusion" to which the " very difficult question" of metropolitan drainage bad been thus substantially brought. The scheme which has wrought these miraculous effects is the immediate production of Mr. Frank Forster. Its details were reported at full length in our paper of Saturday, and the curious reader bad an opportu nity of tracking the proposed sewerage thro ug h o ut the whole 13 miles of its extent. We shall not engage ourselves to any such performance on the present occa sion, but shall confine our notice to the general princi ples of drainage which have b een t h us cons pi cuous ly sanctioned, and the claims p u t f ort h b y t h e Commission ers to the acknowledgments and sympathies of the pub lic. The first of the principles laid down by- the Com missioners fur the guidance of their engineer, and by him adopted in the construction of his scheme, was the purification of the river Thames. The stream was to be kept " free from sewage, at all times of the tide, from Woolwich-reach upwards." On this point the instruc tions, according to Mr. Forster's report, were absolute and unconditional. The Thames was to be drained, and the top of Woolwich•reach has been selected as the point for delivering the sewage, only upon the express assump tion that under the projected arrangement no inconve nience will be created even to the inhabitants of that town. We abstain from inquiring into the probabilities of this conclusion, our present concern being limited to the professed declarations of the Commissioners and their engineer. A distance of eight miles below London bridge bing taken, a double reservoir is to be formed of a capacity sufficient to hold at least 24 hours' drainage, into which the sewage is to be first lifted by Means of an engine, and thence discharged through the agency of pipes into the middle of the river and at its bottom, at certain periods of the tide. Thus we have the following leading principles of the schem e : —an absolute diversion of the sewage matter from the river Thames, and the conveyance of the same by means of trunk drains to a reservoir at some distance on the banks of the stream, where it is to be stored for disposal. At present, as we have shown, it is contemplated to discharge the accumu lation every 24 hours, b ut provision is made for a dif ferent arrangement, and in cage it should bo thought ex pedient " either for agricultural purposes or for any other reason" to avoid the proposed discharge at Woolwichi leach, the sewage, we are told, can be conveyed by iron pipes across the marshes to " some point near Erith." In other words, it is now avowed by the Commissioners that the sewage of London can be carried clean away from the Thames by l arge drains, that it can be collected in a distant reservoir, and that if even at a point eight miles below London-bridge its discharge into the Thames at high water only should be found productive of inconvenience, or if the deposit s hould prove avail a bl e , f or agricultural requirements, it can be transferred e l sew h ere for storage and use. In estimatedthe s e cost, conditions u n o o d difficultyunder the present eseot whatever and arrangement, rt p hin w eg ards of 13 mil es of sewerage, all apparatus in cts‘oelurcduued, is 241,297/. 'We need not enumerate the minor particulars of operation speeified in Mr. Frank Forster's report. What we have said is sufficient to chow that the chief conditions of metropolitan drainage for which we have so long contended are here plainly recognized, and will, as it is alleged, be kept steadily in view throughout the execution of the scheme. The Com as if their proce e di ngs h ad been missioners now p re f er t h e i r claims to public ac knowledgment, hitherto misunderstood and their inactivity cen sured for want of a due comprehension of the duties with which they were charged. " The public," observes Mr. Stephenson, " must bear in mind that the commission has not been more than ten months in existence, and that many of its members were absolutely unacquainted with the localities to be drained, or the systems of drainage actually .can expre ss , I think, no existing." " The 'public," pursued Sir John Burgoyne, ' dissatisfaction at the system Lord we propose to adopt." Ebrington wholly concurred in the conclusion of his colleaeues, and recorded his estimate of the general subject in terms which we have already transcribed. Without descending at present. to a snore minute scrutiny de manded, we may venture to explain to the Commis which they of the scheme for which such credit is sioners why the dissatisfaction a, so l earnestly deprecate is not likely to be exchanged of ten ° t. efforts. Beyond all doubt, the space Mr. months i under the circumstances described by . .Stephenson, s no d "ed in the construction an they could wish for a thankful apPreciatiPornoTtra as' =model ate time to be ocupi drainage. Had inaugurated their transactions last the Commissioners those instructions which October by the publication ofultimately to have received— hadMr. Frank Forster seems approval of a good scheme of metropolitan and of so disposing re solution of purifying the ; i d be at least rendered of the sewage that it should productive, no inhabitant of this harm less, and if possible they at once acknowledgheadmtehse,ir obligations and au before the production of a ten, or even twenty months, y discontent at the lapse of city would have conceived successful plan. What created .rit in which that delay was simply the delay, but the sp i t dissatisfaction was not was the first ma such conditions as they now te d ? It was a proposal for nifesto of the Commissioners one-half of their duties, for a v t a e n . oe, What, in pl ace o f discharging themselves o h f e were called upon to super sede,perpetuating the system h t se y wage into the Thames more were afterwards openly defended first disavowed, but uthor in our own columns. The absolutely a nd and advocated by their author t fo h r ah tur b n e i t D e g re. A am pl e evidence of inclining' other Commissioners g -2 They carefully avoided any to the same truck. discussion of the great question before th em, and o _ covertly o f disparaging th e id ea that drained as well as th e city on its banks, There wee no Dongaing the filet that, i ns t ea d lthset Thames n o eeuld be _ . " I beg now to lay before you my estimate of the cost of draining the district according to the system above described ; but before doing this I would observe that in drawing up this report and these estimates I have thought it desirable to put down, the outside amount of life, of depth of drains, &c., in order that if there be any error it may be on the right side. In this estimate I have neither included compensation for passing through or under private property, which, however, from the lines adopted in accordance with the principle you laid down, will be comparatively trifling, nor the cost of the detailed drainage, to estimate which will be a work of much time and lengthened inquiry. In any case this will involve a considerable outlay, but as it is dependent on the settle ment and partial completion of the main drainage, it would have been premature to go into it here; neither have I taken into account the cost of extending the system of drainage into the suburban districts—a provi- sion which it becomes daily more imperative to make. " Estimates of cost of system above described. Miles. Fur. Cost. Main trunk drain from outlet in Greenwich marshes to the ]Eft at the Ravensbourne... . ResPrvoirs and outlet pipes Pumping engines and apparatus ... From the left at the Ravensbourne to a point near St. James's Church, Bermondsey, north main lino 2 5 ... 46,930 Extension of north main line from St. James's Church to the Great St. John Sewer ... 0 6 8,000 South main line from Collier-street, ... 2 0 ... £25,887 20,280 27,400 Deptford, to St. Mark's Church, Kennington ... ... 4 0 ... 49.600 Flood line of Effra 0 5 ... 7,200 Intermediate main line from Surrey Canal-bridge, with northern arm to Rowland Hill's Chapel 2 2 ... 12,000 Southern arm along New Kent-road 1 0 ... 5,000 Alterations of existing sewers to connect with the intermediate main line, &c. ... 6 0 ... 32,000 Effra flood line diversion by Peck• ham 7,000 13 3 £241,297 " I have the honour to remain, my Lord and Gentle men, your most obedient servant, " FRANK FORSTER. " To the Hon. Metropolitan Commissioners of Sewers." Mr. STEPHENSON said,—ln moving the adoption of this report I think it desirable to explain to the Court a few of the principles which actuated Mr. Forster in devising the plans which are now upon the table, and the reasons which guided him in laying them down. Before commencing the consideration of these general principles, however, allow me to say, in reply to some complaints which have been made out of doors respecting the great, delay which has tagen place in proposing any general plan for the drainage of London, that the public must bear in mind that the Commission has not been more than ten months in existence, and that some of its members came into it quite fresh—unacquainted with a great number of the localities of London, and absolutely unacquainted with the complicated system of sewage existing, to the extent of nearly GOO miles. In addition to this, the underground surveys were in a very incomplete state, and no one could venture to say what general plan ought to be pursued at that time, as it was dan gerous to commence with sny one locality, for fear of interfering with the ultimate chance of success. London, however, divides itself naturally into two districts—north and south, and after the Com mission had examined generally the condition of these two districts they found that Ber mondsey, Lambeth, and Southwark were infinitely worse than th e nor th s id e; t o th a t p or ti o n, there fore, they have directed their attention, almost with out cessation, during the last few months. I am glad to see these plans upon the table of the court, having in view the establishment of a complete and perfect system of drainage l for this district, which extends over nine square hi miles, es, three of which are from 6 to 7 feet below eight or nine square miles 4 iv - ta w r water mark. two to The six wholefeet m dr a a r i k n , age for w this underdevise asystem high-water of be localityappa re n i t s a t hatwork o of no inconsiderable difficulty. The locality may be said to be drained only for four hours out of the 12, And during those four hours only very imperfectly. of inquiring how the river could he•cleansed, they svere inquiring how to dispossess the public of the notion that the river wanted ckansirig. Instead of resolutely at tempting to solve the problem, their first endeavours were to change it. They deliberately misconceived their duties, and amused themseives with questioning the wishes of the ratepayers when they ought to have been doing their best to satisfy therm They were not insti tuted to combat the opinion which revolted at a huge tidal sewer in the heart of the City, and yet they conducted themselves for mouths as if such had been their sole and express vocation. That they have been at length reclaimed to sounder sen timents may be true, but the resolution is not quite so laudable as they seem to presume. It, is impossible to forget that they depreciated, more or less openly, as long as they were able, almost every principle which they now adopt, and that the decision for which they now take credit must needs be the result either of tardy enlightenment or irresistible compulsion. It may be said, perhaps, that good sense no less than generosity, suggests the acceptance of these amends without any more altercation, and that if London is at length by common consent to be we!l drained, the dis putes engendered by the process may be prudently dropped. We have no objection to such a course, but we would desire the reader to observe the effects of public discussion on this most important problem. hied it not been for this salutary check on the doings of a clique the metropolitan population would at this time last year have been absolutely at the mercy of a domineering influence which bud prepared itself for substantial manifesta tion, in the form of " sumps," or cesspools, at every mati's door. These inveterate jobbers were at length dis banded, with what justice may be collected from Mr. Stephenson's - present plea, that the existing Commis sion, after the two years' prelude of its predecessor, had actually to commence de novo, as if the problem had never before been entrusted to mortal man. Again, the whole question, but for the same check, would have been quietly shirked, and instead of the present proposal to cleanse our river and sweeten our dwelling-houses, we should have had the whole scheme of tidal sewerage per petuated and the purification of the Thames represented as a chimerical idea which none but contractors or visionaries could ever have seriously entertained. E RAT [IRE. PET TIC OA GOVE It NME NT. By Mrs. Trollop!". 3 Vols. - Again in this, although not to so great a degree, as in her last work, we find Mrs. Trollope too much addicted to making " much ado about nothing," but again, as in ail that emanates from her hand, we find it impossible to resist that agreeable fascina tion which lures the reader on from page to page until the last volume is completed, a fascination of manner that invests with a certain degree of attrac tion incidents the most trivial and individuals the most ordinary. "Petticoat Government" may almost be styled, like " Vanity Fair," a novel without a hero ; for, although Mr. Frederic Dorking and Mr. Charles Worthington, the man of fashion and the man of genius, very attractively sketched, and ad mirably contrasted with each other, do figure in the pages ; and although a certain Dr. Wroughtly afferds Mrs. Trollope en opportunity of indulging in a little quiet satire, but this time the satire is so (pie", and the Doctor is so delightfully good-natured, that we are not disposed to qnarrel touch either with him or his biographer,—although, as we have said, these three worthy gentlemen do ap pear in the course of "Petticoat Government," the ladies have deoidedly the advcntage—their doings are, in fact, the subject- matter of the book. I❑ a cathedral town, to which Mrs. Trollope has been pleased to give the name of Westhampton, chiefly because, as She tells us, she knows of no town of that name, there had resided for years a most resptct.ble family of the name of Jenkyns. Oi this family, at the opening of the tale, we are introduced to two most interesting specimens, Miss Barbara Jenkyns issal Miss Elfreda Jenkyns. While their two beautiful sisters had long since left the paternal roof, Penelope having eloped with the drawing-master and Judith residing in India with her wealthy husband, Miss Barbara and Miss Elfreda had devoted them selves to intellectual pursuits, the elder still retaining the family house at Westhampton, and the more am bitious Miss Elfreda endeavouring to obtain an en trance into fashionable society in London. So we find them when information arrives of the death of the sister in India, and that her orphan daughter Judith, a rich heiress and a ward in Chancery, is on her way to England, to reside during a few years with her maternal aunts, the choice of residence being wisely left in the young lady's hands. Now it is that the history begins in earnest. Each aunt is naturally anxious to be the guardian of the young heiress, Barbara, because of the pleasant addition to her income, which is 'likely to accompany a Chancery ward, and Miss Elfreda, in addition to this reason, counting upon the fashionable visi tors with which such a guest could not fail to make her acquainted. Such is the groundwork of the first portion of the tale. The maneuvering and out manceuvering of the two most intelligent, but not most agreeable ladies, is described as Mrs. Trollope can so well describe such scenes, with a simplicity that renders the description most natural, but also with a quiet humour that renders it irresistibly en• tertaining. One point of dispute exists between the amiable but withal wilful Judith and her aunts. The young orphan, in compliance with her mother's dying wish, is most anxious to discover her aunt Penelope, who on her marriage with the drawing -master had been abandoned by her family. This aunt, a widow in extreme poverty, with her son Charles, a promising artist, is ultimately discovered by the persevering heiress through the instrumentality of a picture in the National Gallery. At the time of this fortunate discovery the beautiful and wealthy Judith is engaged to Mr. Frederick Dorking, the man of fashion. This part of the tale might have had for its motto the saying which so vividly impressed David Copperfield, " there can be no disparity in marriage like unsuitability of mind and purpose." Upon the unhappiness which is likely to be the conse quence of an union between two persons, "one of whom has been brought up in the habits of what is called fashionable life, and the other with habits that have nothing to do with fashion at all," the authoress of " Petticoat Government " takes occasion to dilate very forcefully and feelingly. The example she has given is an admirable corroboration of her remarks. Frederic Dorking is so gracefully and agreeably portrayed, that no young lady who reads her story can marvel at Judith's choice, and yet very few will read on to the end of the chapter and hesitate to ad mit that the disparity in tastes and feelings between the two fancis, augured little for the happiness of their domestic life. Without betraying too much we cannot follow the fair Judith further. The scenes and characters described in the course of the three volumes are of a class in the description of which Mrs. Trollope invariably excels. In por traying the faults and follies of the ridiculous Miss Barbara, or the fashionable Mrs. Dorking, her humo rous and satirical pen is equally happy. While af fording an abundance of entertaining matter, " Petticoat Government," is nut without more im portant and desirable attractions. The scene in the artist's painting-room, where Judith sees her cousin, whose high genius she appreciates and admires, treated with contemptuous neglect by her fashionable friends, and the consequences of that scene to the noble. hearted and high-spirited girl, are sufficient to recommend the book to all who can sympathise with its writer's admirable and audacious discrimination between genuine gold and glittering tinsel. A IVovc, A MONTH AT CONSTANTINOPLE. By Albert Smith. " I fear," writes Albert Smith in his preface, " that those of my friends who looked for a comic Constantinople' in this volume, will be somewhat disappointed ; so also will those who thought I might be tempted, by the example of other writers, to give my own opinions, either upon the long-vexed question of Eastern politics, or the social and probable condition of the Turks." If, however, both these classes of expectants be disappointed in this volume, the public generally will find in Albert Smith's " Month at Constantinople" a most delightful and interesting work. With the conviction, as he frankly admits, that " the funny school " has been a " little overdone of late," and leaving, as he modestly ob serves, " to more able and experienced heads " the grave discussion of serious political topics, he has happily steered in a medium course, and has compil e d from the reminisce nces o f hi s brief sojourn at Con stantinople a series of chapters which abound with information, without once becoming heavy or weari some, and which sparkle with humour without de generating into the " funny school." While our traveller pursued his romantic wanderings his ready pencil was ever in his hand, at times noting down some graphic description of a passing scene, and at others, when the object was sufficiently wor thy or sufficiently interesting, transferring it in fac - simile to his portefeuille. Thus the published volume is adorned with pencil, as well as with pen and ink, portraitures of many of the marvels encountered by Mr. Smith in his memorable month at Constantino ple. The various peculiarities of the Eastern customs, the baths, bazaars, slave-market, fig packing, &c. &c., are the subjects of graphic sketches and interesting remarks. Some Turkish songs, of which the words and music also are to be found in this volume, will be, no doubt, most attractive to its fair readers, while those travel lers who feel disposed to follow the writer's example will find some useful information in the concluding pages, wherein are set forth the full particulars con cerning the time and expenses of the journey from London to Constantinople by Switzerland, Italy, Malta, Athens, and Smyrna, the time being about three months, and the expenses little more than fifty pounds. The folio wing account of the entry into the Golden Horn, and the first glimpse of Constantinople, is a happy specimen of the easy and delightful style in which the whole series of reminiscences is penned : " I must confess that the first view of Stamboul, as w© neared certainly disappoi n t e d Ihad th h a e t ar p d ar a t n o d f me. read the s e u it c y t: extraordinary accounts of the beauty of the coup crail, and my expectations had been raised to such an absurd height, that although I St. Sophia, down to the blue andknew h In wasthat he staring dark cypress hard g at r o t v h e e c M o m o n q g u e o water before us surrounded the Sultan's harem, and that this blue water was the Bosphorus, my first excla mation to myself was—' And is this all!' But when we rounded the Seraglio point, and slowly glided into the Golden Horn, where the whole gorgeous panorama opened upon me in its unequalled loveliness, the feeling of wonder and admiration becamtabsolutely oppressive. I bad never been so strongly moved before but once— when I looked down upon London, by night, from a balloon. To speak of the magnificent domes and lofty minarets that detached themselves from the amphi theatres of buildings as we proceeded, and stood in clear white relief against the bright blue sky; or of the quaint houses and intermingled foliage and graceful cypress groves that climbed to the very summits of the hills, and stretched fir away in the distance—of the thousand ships that the noble harbour brought alongside of the very streets—the fairy palaces commencing to border the Bosphorus —the light gilded wherries that darted by in all directions, amidst the tame sea birds who rode upon the clear rippling water—the gaily-coloured crowds upon the bridge—the vivid sunlight—the exhilarating atmos phere—above all, perhapi, the sudden change from the ennui of a sea voyage—is only to repeat what every body has said who has ever visited Constantinople —to anticipate what ever) body will say on future arrivals." EXTRAORDINARY BUNCH OF GnAPES.—There iS now at Mr. Mayer's, the goldsmith, 68, Lord-street, a bunch of grapes which measures in circumference three feet six inches, diameter one foot two inches, length one foot six inches, and the estimated weight is eight pounds. It is of the black Hamburgh sort, grown at the residence of John Houghton, Esq., West Derby. The vine has been laid down four years, the fruit is of a full, deqa, rich, blooming colour, and is perhaps the largest bunch ever produced in this neighbourhood. We understand it is to be presented to Made moiselle Lind in the course of the week.—Liverpool. lbion. THE TWELFTH OF AUGUST.—Reports from the moors speak of fully average prospects of well-stocked shoot ings ; and, in the neighbourhood of the city, we have of late observed several large coveys of strong young bird&—ilber deett Herald. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. The following promotions and appointments have taken place, in consequence of the promotion of Mr. Pinhorn from secretary to commodore: Superintendent Edea to be store receiver at Woolwich, vice Owen, de ceased. Mr. Edward Thomas Burr, senior second-class clerk at Woolwich, to by first-class clerk in that establish ment, vice Pinhorn. Mr. William Evans Trafalgar Miller, senior third class clerk at Woolwich, to be second-dais clerk in that establishment, vice Burr, promoted. Mr. Thomas Henry Crouch, senior extra clerk at Woolwich, to be established third-class clerk, vice Miller. Mr. Thomson to be extra clerk at Woolwich, vice Crouch, established. These promotions, it will be seen, have all been made from the establishment in , which the vacancy took place. Mr. Burr was the senior second-class clerk, .but not the senior clerk in the dockyard. Mr. Burr was entered as extra clerk December 13, 1813, and was out of the-ser vice from November, 1822, to January, 1825; was es tablished January 21 of the latter year, and was pro moted to the second class May 18, 1843; consequently he has 34i years' service. We believe, however, that there is a clerk at Woolwich Dockyard who has been an established clerk for 381 years. The Hon. W. Cowper, M.P., has left the Admiralty, for Chatsworth, Derbyshire. APPOINT)IENTS. WOOLWICH, AUG. 12.—Surgeon Edward Heath (1845), to the Flamer steam-vessel, at Portsmouth. 'Second Master Edmund Wilds (1818), to the Retri bution steam-frigate, at Portsmouth. Midshipmen J. Colquhoun to the Retribution, and Walter H. H. Grable to the Flamer. Commander James A. St. Leger (1848) is expected to commission the Flamer steam-vessel at Portsmouth. The Firefly steam-vessel is also expected to be imme diately commissioned at Woolwich. The Perseus receiving -ship, Lieutenant-Commander Greet, was towed down the river on Thursday from her moorings opposite the Tower, to be broken up at Dept ford, and the Crocodile was towed up on Saturday to be commissioned that day by Lieutenant-Commander Greet, in place of the Perseus. The other officers serv ing formerly in the Perseus have been appointed to the Crocodile. The Advice steam-vessel went up the river to-day to Deptford, having on board two sergeants and 11 privates of the Woolwich division of Royal Marines, with four women and fire children, who were to embark in the Earl of Auckland store-ship for a passage to the Island of Ascension. The non-commissioned officers and men are volunteers for service at Ascension. PORTSMOUTH, AUGUST 12.—The Stromboli steam sloop, Commander Lord A. Beauclerk, arrived this morn ing, and came into harbour at two P.M., with marines and marine artillery on board, from Pembroke. The Inflexible steam-sloop sails this evening, or early to-morrow morning. The Victoria and Albert went out of harbour to Cowes to-day, the Fairy and Elfin in company. The Retribution steam-frigate hoisted the pendant this morning. An Kmerican packet arrived at Spithead this morning rom the eastward. Wind S.E., light breeze and fine. BOROUGH. OF LAMBETH. A crowded meeting of the electors of this borough took place last evening, in the Assembly Room at the Horns Tavern, Kennington, to receive the farewell address of Charles Pearson, Esq., upon his recent re tirement from Parliament. On Mr. Pearson entering the room, and proceeding to the platform, h e was greete d with he cordial cheers of the meetine.. Mr. HenryDoulton have been called to the chair, Mr. CHARLES PEARSON said he understood some of his constituency had expressed astonishment at his retirement from the representation of the borough, notwithstanding the explanation of his motives given in his published address. This expression appeared to indicate a low estimate of the honour of Members of Parliament; for it was quite clear that it had be come his duty to resi g n his seat when he felt that his official avocations as City solicitor would not permit him, with a due regard to his health, to retain his seat.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. Pear son then read extracts from his first address to the electors of Lambeth, to prove that he had pledged himself to take this course if be should find the effectual discharge of the duties of the two offices prove more than his health and strength could sustain. Ile had found out that fact from the experience of the last three years, and he had deemed it right to resign his commission into the hands of his constituency, unimpaired by neglect and unsul lied by dishonour, rather than leave it either to his con stituents or his clients to make the discovery.— (Cheers.) He had for more than thirty years been an advocate for triennial elections. He did not content himself with moving, or speaking, or voting in its fa vour. He had given a practical proof of the sincerity of his convictions—he had been elected a Member on the 29th of July, 1847, and on that day three years he had resigned his seat for the reasons to which he had before adverted.--(Cheers.) He courted investigation as to the manner in which he had performed his duties while in their service. He had endeavoured faithfully to represent their sentiments by conscientiously act ing upon those principles of political and religious liberty which had governed his profession and his con duct through life.—(Loud cheers.) It had been said that he had not been a great speaker in the House of Commons. If by that it was intended to express the fact, that he had not been a frequent speaker, or a lengthy speaker, those who made the observation were right, and he claimed credit for not having imitated bad examples by inflicting long speeches upon his patient and suffering colleagues.—(Cheers.) Whether he walked a mile or talked a mile, it was equally easy; but, as he told the electors before they chose him, he did not intend to become a standard bearer of agitation, and he was determined not to speak upon any of the favourite topics of public dis cussion unless he thought himself qualified to commu nicate some information of which the House was not in possession.—(Hear.) The habit of speaking at all times and on all subjects might be gratifying to per sonal vanity; but the endless repetitions which formed the staple of a large portion of the House of Comsnons' oratory did but serve, to obstruct public business without advancing any one public principle they proposed to uphold.—(Cheers.) Mr. Pearson expatiated at some length on his rea sons for resigning, which appeared to be satisfactory to the meeting; after which, Mr. FREDERICK DOULTON said he thought they should not separate without putting upon record the sense they entertained of their late representative's conduct in Parliament. He bad, therefore, great pleasure in moving :—" That this meeting highly ap preciate the honourable conduct of their late repre sentative, Charles Pearson, , Esq., who, while enjoying the full confidence of his constituents, resigned into their hands the trust they had reposed in him, when he felt himself unable, from ill-health, to continue to discharge its duties satisfactorily to himself." The resolution having been seconded by Mr. BAR- T RUM, wßweoaansrnicseyNadrsErteeimxemdenrvu:lfodannpts,irlltioshoopallnrtsolt)dmh'i,isosactilliempiladeinebletoe:unttgdercthaienesedirriniensogtr.'oe' record its grateful thanks to M r . Pearson e f b o d r his able ilnahtohnerhsoupoetitlhtahtehye wi ll ha itsienlfhtios psurapipsoerwtohritmhy, perseverepa economicalln e d M d g u r e n . s ll haNm•r. vi crownedebee l ti tAuJ with o o i n thsuccess." ially seconded the motion, which was unanimously adopted; and the meeting soon after separated. LADVERTISEMENT.]— An obstinate Skin Disease cured by Holloway's Ointment and Pills.—Mr. Fishing, late of Broad-street, Bath, suffered for many years from a scorbutic disease, which affected his hands to such a degree that for months together he was unable to work at his business. He consulted nearly all the faculty of the place, and for a long time used the Bath waters, which are so celebrated for the cure of cutaneous disorders, but the virulence of the complaint remained unabated. He then tried Holloway's Ointment and Pills, which have so effectually cured him that he has had no return of the malady fur more tha n two years. Sold by all Druggists, and at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, Landon. .~~. ••4:.'/ aL./ l • THUNDER STORMS 1 4 • • , S. The nfe!rjelis and it, vicinity was visited aisiad a y, .aa - I- by •tevel•Y singulgr ihui:di r-storin. - Aboul . a [ qua 401rIpt`st e' ( - 7 - i , ten o'clock the thick Splashing drops nalicatita L eiCJ_'--- thunder-storm fell in wide interstices, but eubsegalesnfl melted 'away into summer rain. At twelve e'elddlt l i f \ (1 -S . --" 4 ---- ' k—' l. set in decidedly wet, as if f , r the . day, the - rain- falling uninterruptedly until about two, when the "big rain" which 'came " dancing down to earth," and falling or. the adjoini ng b u ildi ngs lik e a ca t aract , in a very few minutes 'flooded all the principal avenues and nearly choked ap all the drains. The clouds at the time were heavy and leaden, but did not appear as if surcharged with electric, matter. In a few minutes, however, the approaching " shock of elements" became obvious; the clouds sailed heavily in opposite directions; one vivid flash of blinding lightning shot out, closely followed by a crashing, peal, which echoed through the buildings, and t4e rain came down as if threatening a second deluge, whilst the thun der pealed at intervals, seeming to take a circular.ditee tion around the metropolis. In about hall-an-hour the blue sky showed in the east, whilst all to the west was thick and murky. About Nur o'clock, after severed at tempts at rc-union, , and some heavy showers eastwards, the clouds in the east were completely dispersed. and the rich mOist folia g e was glittering in sunshine, whilst the heavy wing of the departing storm still shadowed the west, and the thunder muttered frequently in the dis tance. At six o'clock ell these qmfacances passed away, and the ev , ning was comparatively calm arid beautiful. DREADFUL THUNDERSTORM, AND Loss OF LIFE.OII Thursday evening this town was visited by a El3l/91 me wl atom of thunder and lightning, accompanied by heavy rain. The flashes of lightning were remarkably vivid, and created much t.larm among many of the in habitsutti. Unfortunately, the storm did not pass °ter without loss of life; a little boy, named William Lam .bert, aged twelve years, son of Daniel Lambert; delver, Upper-lane, Northowram, having been struck dead by lightning. It appears that about a quarter past, eight o'clock iu the evening, the mother of the little lad Was sitting in the house, near the fire, deceased being sit in a chair near the out wall and the wall of the adjoi n i ng house; a little girl bei ng sa t a t a abort distance from him and close to the chimney: — The door- of the house was thrown open, and also a window up stairs. A little above the head of the deceased a pair of tongs wereitung upon the wall, as customary in many cottage houses. The thunder at this time was loud and terrific, 'and the vivid flashes of lightning succeeded each other in 4aPid succession, until at length there came one brighter than the rest, and which rendered the mother of the, deceased insensible for some moments. Upon con sciousness returning, the little girl screamed out " blo ther! Willey's dead." The distracted mother ran towards her child, who sat motionless in his little chair, with his head upon his breast and his arms,hinging by his aide. She spoke to him, bat he answered not; and calling in her neighbours, the little fellow who, but a moment or two before was full of life and vigour, was found to be a corpse. Not a single mark was found upon his body, excepting a very slight discolouration of the chest. A. few yards above where he was sitting, the plaster was knocked off the wall to the extent of about twelve inches in length and one in breadth; and the middle nob of the ornamental work at the head of the clock, which stood in the opposite corner of the hbuse, was knocked off. There was also a rent in the floor above the clock, and the posts of the bed were found to be slightly damaged. In the bed-room, a small piece of plaster was also taken out of the wall above the fire-place, but neither the tongs before alluded to, nor the fender or fire irons, had apparently been moved. It would appear that the lightning had descended the chimney, through the room floor above the clock, and, being attracted by the tongs on_ the other corner of the house, expended itself upon the unfortunate child sitting beneath. The house itself stands in a some what prominent situation on the hill. An inquest was held upon the body yesterday afternoon, befofe G. Dyson, Esq., coroner, at the Shoulder of Whitton Inn, when a verdict of "Accidental Death" was returned. We have heard of no other accident arising from this tre mendous thunder.storm,—Halie`ax Guardian. ' THUNDER STORDL—On Thursday evening last, about six o'clock, a storm of thunder, accompanied with vivid flashes of lighting, visited Holnifirth. The lightning was awfully grand; flash after flash following each other in rapid succession. The storm continued for upwards of an hour. We have not heard of any damage being done in the neighbourhood.—Halifax Guardian. A fearful thunder storm has passed over Cheltenham this afternoon, such as, for the vehemence-of-the-Twin. and the vivid brightness of two or three of its flashes of lightning, we have certainly never seen exceeded. For the space of full twenty minutes the rain descended in a perfect deluge, and completely flooded many of our streets, rendering several of them quite impassable. .Tbe thunder was less violent than that of the etorm,Which visited us about three weeks ago, but in other respects the storm differed but little from the one in question:— Cheltenham Chronicle of August 8. . . AQUATICS. THE WESTMINSTER SCHOOL SILVER CHALLENGE SCULLS. The very interesting aquatic contest for the possession of the Westminister scholars' silver challenge sculls took place yesterday evening, from Putney to Vauxhall bridge. These symbols of aquatic superiority were pre sented in 1844, by Messrs Colquhoun and Buxton, to promote the healthful and scientific pastime of sculling; and the various gallant conte is since that period have been locked forward to with pleasure by the admirers of this manly exercise. By the conditions under which they were given, the challengers contend together, and the winner on a subsequent day has to try his prowess against the holder (the successful candi date of the previous season). There were four gentle men desirous this season of entering the lists—Messrs. Barnes, Q.S., Berne, Q.S., Dlilman , T. 8., and Stewart, T.B. ; but owing to the very unfavourable state of the weather on the day appointed for the challengers race a fortnight ag o, the party did no t d eem i t a d v i sa b le to get afloat, and Mr. Barnes alone rowed the course in order to entitle him to contend yesterday against Mr. Wright, the holder. At about a quarter to seven last evening both were at their stations at Putney Bridge, Mr. Stewart, a former winner of the sculls, officiating as umpire in the Westminster eight. The start was taken very evenly, immediately after which Mr. Wright took a slight lead, his opponent continuing for a considerable distance with the nose of his boat nearly upoa his ad versary's quarters. A very beautiful race continued down to Wandsworth, where, the water boing a little " lumpy," Mr. Wright drew away, and ultimately went some distance in advance, winning easily. Mr. Barnes suffered under the disadvantage of rowing in a boat to which he was unaccustomed, owing to some accident having befallen his own. Mr. Wright rowed the dis tance in 31 minutes, which, considering the state of the weather, was capital work. BLACK WALL REGATTA. Notwithstanding the very unfavourable, state of the weather yesterday, there was a vast assemblage of spec tators to witness the announced contest- at this place. After a very severe hail storm of considerable duration, the weather cleared up, and the close of the evening was very fine. The regatta, which included All Saints, Poplar, as well as Blackwell, was in commemoration of the first meeting at Blackwell for the establishment of that invaluable institution, the Watermen's and Lighter men's Asylum; and the awards of victory were n new boat for the first man, and about 15/. to be divided in fair proportions amongst the others, commencing with 51. for the second man. The race was with six millers in five heats. First Heat—H. Cory, (Green) 1; George Atkins, (yellow) 0; R. Dent, (light blue); 0. The beat was started from Blackwall-stairs to the Folly-house, and East India-dock buoy, twice round, and finish as the stairs. Green took the lead, and although his opponents held way with him for a short distance, they were soon completely tailed, the leading man going in first by up• wards cf fourteen lengths. Second Hest—J. Welland (red), 1; Charles Press man (pink), 0; D.R.Nowland (dark blue), 0. They were off even, and then pink touk the lead, which he laboured hard but unsuccessfully to maintain. Red soon chal lenged, and passed him after a very sharp struggle, winning by some lengths. Third Heat—George Atkins (yellow), 1; Charles Pressman (pink), 2; Richard Nowland (dark blue), 0; R. Dent (light blue), O. Shortly after the start the first named took the lead and kept it with a little advance to the end. It was a capital race for some distance for second. Fourth Heat—ll. Cory (green), 1; J. Welland (red), 2; G. Atkins (yellow), 0; C. Pressman (pink) 0; Green took the lead and kept it. A most determined race throughout between red and yellow, and the second place a long while in doubt, there being but two or three lengths between them at the finish. Final Heat—H. Cory (green), -1; J. Welland (red), 0. It was a severe race the first round, but the winner, with the advantage of size and youth, was too good for his adversary, who at the finish was six or eight lengths astern. CRICKET. THE MARYLEBONE CLUB AND GROUND v. LEAMINGTON. This return match was played at Leamington last week, and, as will be seen, afforded no great opportunity for remarks, seeing that it went, as it were, all one way. The score was thus at the end of the game:— lIABItLEBONE. First Innings. Second Innings. Bayley, run out ... 3 b Wisben 0 G. Taylor,Esq., b Armitage 0 b King .. Dean, b Wisden.... W. Nicholson, Esq., c Bar ker, b Wisden ..- Dakin, not out R. Kynaston, Esq., b Wisden 2 b Wisden 2 C. Coleridge, Esq, b Wisden 3 c Burghley, b Wisden 6 Major Hogg, c king, b Ar- rnitage. ..... .. . ... J. Wickham, Esq., c Wis -1 s Smithers, b Campbell 3 9 den, b Armitage-- ... - 0 8 run out ... .. .. . 6 51illbank, Esq., b King.. 6 r un o ut Lilly white, c King b Armi -6 tags 0 not out L b ... , 3 B, 11; w, 2 ...- ....... 13 Total 7. T0ta1.... 130 LEAMI3 Rev. E. Elmhirst, b Dean.. 34, Lord Burghley, run out ... 44 1 Part, b Lillywhite G. Barker, Esq., b Lilly white TIR. T. King, Esq., b Lilly- I . white • _ _ 591 Srilithers Esq., c Mill. bank, b dean ...... 0 Wiscbm, b Lillywhite 8 Thue Leamington vanqui: club " The Marylebone" in GTON. Hoare, Esq., h w, b Dean 'Lord Guernsey, c Dean, b Lillywhite ................ 27 Armitage, b D ean .......... 36 I— Campbell, Esq., not out B, 2;lb, 8; w,5 271 ,bed the great metropolitan one innings by 66 runs , - After an exceedingly snort run of 14i days, from ort to port, the B os t on packet-ship Parliament reac h e d Liverpool on Saturd a y morn i ng. The splendid _altiP ,0 re' markable for the swif tness o f her voyages across tbeAtiauti;* • _. A-' 00l N ~r~