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--....,____,.. ' lerntnent, having. often information on that subject, Would heee it to thegm6elves.—(Hear.) e r Sir J. WALMESLEY said he thought the House it e b tlkl be soon in a different position from that in which • a d ores at the close of the proceedings of that Core ellttee. Tye° 1 had gl e h, , letters been received from eert te 1 R evidence before that Committee, which were persons lettersr considered private. and confidential. Those were from Mr. Wodehouse and Sir J. E. , bee t . .;f And both desired that the letters might be published the Honburable .13itronet was understood). It was e°atidtiPrtobaejei therefore, they kr theo report. would appear in the tip- . ataen:i T• 11ii`CULLAGH vvas . understood to support the f 411 ea- Re would ask the Noble Lord at the head , r , t) , - the colonial. department, oe any Hon. Gentleman oyd 51te, whether it was thought that public businesscohl it;)nucieeently it if they allowed evidence of that ei, alluded to to be forced upon a Committee with th sed doe to and then forced,out of that Committee upoen ne!Pnblic out of door s to be made the subject of g • ho'ld oomment?—(Rear.) That evidence might, perhaps, .0 a:Printed next Year; but it would be dangerous s p.:Le)%for the purposes of party feeling, or prejudices on to . 4 1/4 1 7 4. to forward at present the motion of the H ab aft VILLIPIe • • tee° time 4 S said thet it was, after some consider . 44 weptLe e thtit the private evidence had been former iven; and wit rie._ to impeach too testimony of to o ,, i ` c lef, it would have been most unfair to report that they nee t° the Rouse•ln the course of the sessionlast . . gliohati found that they could not go into any investt qui. of the affairs of Ceylon, without some local in -sq. The difficulty of bringing witnesses here would th,,altoost insuperable. Looking at the evidence taken 7 Could - No i • (lout, celiac) to no honest conclusion upon it. • ,w eet t i n th.ere .a ,„ k it th edrhe y th : Lord Torrington. cogur::rsaet p p o u r r t t,„ i n o e n d of hy the Lo e r vidence which was also evidence to show that acts had . been tieletatt4l-itted Which could not be justified. Theninsurrec s.A._ll.ltd broleen out shortl after _Lord T in orr a i ton had " er " cut, and he was Obliged to depend ° e s e e t er his ands ' eir. 13/), °inflation tie those around great de- Illee t •Glell wished to know whether the postpon n e e - The " the Gijonpubliemerely temporary? • ka-t.tglittthat the e e w v a l s as well as that of . the ite_7oltretalariLids, ought to be a hip t iebi er Qeeretaey for the Colonies (Mr. n . war' ning to , his ....i. H a o w n e . s F ) 7 a en nd d ' , ti Qtl tOol: el , l ief (Earl Grey), that whenever anstirraencd e‘te ' Place, to cleal with it in a more politic. c. ti Perate mane give any instru -4, ttrio , ~ werend not to act or . e Si r j. they fully aware of thefacts of the case. elictisBii:;". HOGG complained that .so important . a My f,,_ 11148 that should have been brought on without , eeM4l motion le • wk. eing before itiee P i r en ci t for .any lionourablet , b r, e ae H re ouse. It was . fully 4 4orq 41! IseUsston On that subjo and be o r n the policy to have intro- Lo rd a good deli ,s„korrington's government, of Ceylon, fo t r he hands eet,til..,ut zidenee on that subject had been t , :0 41011 Se for a lo ng ti me ,. All the . evi l d n ence necee- Ja‘_ i• tits understanding the proclamation ofth the house. he r It bound to say ~11e'f5,ati- several other matters, was before t . 5 Peel therefore, that th(? lion. Mem li felt Montrose he ' id net acted fairly in the course --Mere • 4 ' as ;unfair House—to draw 611 tucked--unfair to 'letembers of that 8b -4ed T always to the in l d f iv m id a u n a y l MoD, spa discuss' per notice. on withoutpro that Ilrenebers were a of such a debate . coming on ' 4 fOile V e . t aPon the evidence of matters ted, they printer_a, i I r k% (4 th Prepared to take part in it. The tztr,....4l4.2th;irlseaareely had been ld before the Hose last part of it. , , The Committee er. 44 t.„ed for the course 'they had Ao be +out it was ken in n that.ad perfectly ceimpetent astaa ought t itte to e A ,4, Lo r i t e e whether evidence ought or _ in k i s• ti el °r t ?„ that .1-Jouse, and there were repeated ta'' l lt du,. w",..ie1l C ommittees ha I telten upon themselves tl "' . UI that case two 'members of the Committee to ' * pPteised their opinion that the evidence ought L alt e4 thtea, vehile ten members h i nd expressed theirt_opt.cse. .§rtx4; 4 4 , t it gut not to be printed; and, under h killiegiz4etnceee he believed the 1-3 ease would yield to the t th„,,,,"'" the majority. Thet Committee had_ found . w li i,; ' could not separate that portion of the ei i .11rlr' . " 4e ! l * was private and confidential from that , ~..,tt A t h, L public leilet - ' e 't could he fairly considered: of a 14: e r ., end they had, therefore, felt compelle h d 11e4itartril_e_that the whole of the evidence should e otte end eel the public for the present. They lead re 'Ai' eed that her Majesty's Government should direct 1 tr ate informal Nth o tlen to the evidence; brat as it was (4te:ne, Part Of a Coe to mill the attention of the tti.4044:,t0 evidence which lied not been laid before ,?Ittyie.lne Noble Lord had le moved that info . rmali o ty . ,t e (If them t evidence on the table, and by giving i? ttvl4,PeAt7etriatioa then tinder their consideration. With ete reception of the evidence which bore a 6. 1 144 4 an ivi d en n 6 ti al character, he had to observe that m ired arena thought that it ought never to have been t re c , aei t t e t e l ad it vvas the first ;mug step which the es t tliee. had taken in that matter that had a priZetloent errors and embarrassments. l E cci vid ta en a c i e l '4ll had 'te ellaraCter Which oug ht never to have been far got • ' , t. 04, r,,' neleed up with pu blic e c tot etii ." as in some measure an answer to the latter, to llte i lt4 ltt ee some that thcould not pub h lis t h the they 4 4 , 4 t ot al s° 'been compelled o determine t 1i : 1 1 ,, ,. the publish the other. • Ho readily admitted d ted a '4 1 .1 of tor,(tenee which had been taken I 'V% ie;,al disorganisation theoughont the showed of lielc/atietiltel.eh proved that things could DJ - i n t whheiaelhlotwh,ee they i ll le te at e 44 1 11 Itt ti °loony in the condition i te th „, tid kiLtne etood. The Hon. Member for Mont tier 'eh el 4 ed of the atrocities, the rapine, and th eklooketdhatnitted in that colonv. But the Hon. .MemolaVn the 4hare e ntertained far less vio . lent . opinions , t)e: k rs of thi e r e.t at the period of the termina" h o ' n l ( e )f ha b d itesb'::eeti pi.:ion:nzittee, for the ;resolution which - ''' tee "Pe'seel by the Hone Member had merely bkt°3l 114;i ° T eat that the course' pursued by Lord good-will tsetr oir : 13ot been calculated to secure the Lh.leve/trrof the i nhabitants of the colony. wFeorre nothis .iite - a le r ' . l; egg's). ,art he believed that there late.i l tl et e ill f t'otia.4, Committeerlith: who .would martial y et t i h a a l that the of th_N °r e ,— , orrlngton tp, proposing kill eeecitleceteheusibl_ ,e• and that was the only portion 44)1114m. of the Noble Lord on He hoped ltitiottse would to pronounce any opinion, vv hich he would eeei e(l l4 0 °414 a dopt the amendment, dation of the 1414,0 enforreity with the .recommendation whch had been IS; e kk a of t ', an d that they would not then order the pub e itieteeeeivecrhrresPondence which ought never to have cbt - ' tAt'Y the Committee. ip• ed forte siid that the resolution which he had LA i. tie ad o . w.p t .411 km -`.oPtlOti of the Committee had been drawn . 14 k iee 11 : 5 he - e s•er te shave in which it had stood . solely 44, 40 0 4 , 'lli not have hoped to have received their 15 4 . e th t (3 ,' a ware decided character. He should .E. 1 lot 1 1 4- the Itt f Mr. Wodehouse and Sir Apt 114 e ers o 4 1 4: 4 the Coal w en road without any the opposition. on h), e cot, attee. He believed that the production (ettoaaper,esPoOdenee had already been attended with h l'A ' t . ell T ilt effects, for he felt persuaded that wit k tit r i lY i r , ~ e orrinoto... 6 1.1 would never have been removed.. A k. ,,t the ileet session he should bring the subject (lest 5421(41e° of the Rouse; he should even go fur etlieNi toulote a resolution instructing the Attorney *l44lo4l4i itPr°ae.otlie Lord Torrtngton. Ile telt, how . - l'h tO a, d i !ita then be uselesa fur him to press his e ii% li e koti _ ti vueer,. 4 trtio d ° v, o. W as th ee withdrawn, and the amendment 41 O ile ee tl'el ool l t iB, on We adiohrned a t R alf-past Eight o'clock until dnesd a , 41tt -----._....2_____'• .______ ----- ,34E,NTA.Ry DIVISIONS. METROPOLITAN COMMISSION OF SE AVERS. A monthly general Court of Commissioners was 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 Dawson, Mr. Hawes, Mr. Hardwicke, Mr. E. Lawes, Captain Harness, Mr. Stephenson, M.P., and Sir J. Burgoyne. Before entering upon the business of the day the Court received two deputations, one from the Com missioners of Paving, St. James's, Westminster, and the other from the Metropolitan Sanitary Associa tion. The object of these deputations did not trans pire. XXPENSES OF THE COMMISSION. Viscount ERRINGTON said-The attention of the Commission has 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 re port was prepared by the secretary under the direction of the Commissioners, to be used when an opportunity offered. The present cost of management is leis than in 1847 upon the rental of the property assessed. The cost was formerly about 6s. 6d., and upon the actual value of property now under our actual jurisdiction it is 4s. 61., or ra ther less, 4s. d. Under the old C omm i ss i on th e 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. Woonnrcia then read the report as follows :- " COST OF THE COMMISSION. " There was an important error in the public reports cf the proceedings at the Metropolitan-Court of Sewers, held on the 28th of February, art error which has a material bearing upon the observations made upon the general conduct of the business of the Commission. The item in question is thus described:- " Payments for books, surveys, management, &e., 85,346/. 3a. 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 ta the heads of management and experiments. The error al luded to consists in the use of the word " books" in stead cf " 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/. 38. 0., but 69,0681. 13s. Id. represents the expenses incurred during the period. The sum paid for works during the period was 50,3u91. 4s. ld., but the amount incurred under this head was 39,313/. 175. 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. 5d.-the difference being due to the previous year. But it must be remarked that the sum of 18,442/. 3s. 9d. includes various items beyond those strictly applicable to office establishments, surveying, and engineering stiff, &c. It includes a sum of 361/. 3s. 6d.,:the charge of a professional accountant, who has remodelled the system of accounts 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 1,053/. 6s. 2d. for poundage to rate-collectors, and copies of the poor-rates, &c., 2441. 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 house drainage and the abatemeutof privatenuisances; and these, together with measures consequent upon the cholera last year, occasioned a large expenditure charged to the head of management; 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 6,000,000/, and the cost of manage ment for the eleven months of their existence in theyear 1847 was 21,000/. ls. 7d., 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 above Telerredkto, 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 3,694/. 17s. 5d., interest on loans con- I ' tracted also under the old Commissions. " Remarks have been made as to the amount of the liabilities of the Commission, viz. 100,000/., apparently under the impression that these liabilities have been in curred by the Commissions issued since 1847. This is an entire misconception. Of this amount the sum of 63,8331. 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 th e 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 4" instead of aug menting the liabilities of the former Oommissions, those liabilities have, since December, 18 , 47, 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/. lOsa, and the general deficiency in December, 18/A9, being 27,014/. 4s. Bd. Since that period only one hian has been effected, namely, a sum of 3,000/. for the sr,ecial purposes of a district, on which a portion of it 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 isue,itor appOinted by the Secretary of State occupied the, entire month of February in a labo rious investigati' j n of those accounts; the accounts them selves and ever y voucher containing a full and circum stantial 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 week previous to toe day of audit. Advertise ments co 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 planation@ on any item that might seem to require it. The auditor certified to the fulness, completeness, and accuracy of the accounts thus in testigated, publicly audited, and presented in open •Jourt, and expressed strong commendation of the mode in which they had been kept." l ite 4 -_____,_ Jam Nit . • °USE OF LORDS, AUG. 12. 1 44? la fay co uoit our ofgoing into Committee on the Port r4 r til 4 434'010r tt il °ll 44 . EARLS. 'BISHOP. It t tr Carlisle Norwich ' 1 44,, Granville BARONS. 4 40 11 Grey A shbur ton 144410 cir 444. Leitrim Campbell • N A , blink, . Eddisbury mks Strafford Foley 14 11p r iity Sudeley .14otit1414144tijolltlet,Iord Lucas's amendmnnt on the Sum kacqoi ireland) Bill :-- t "'o„ 4 l ' l tta. Carlisl:AßLs. Norwich BARONS. 4 • Grey t4kk i .,• G ranville Beaumont b e,.._ Fingall Campbell , ehß.,lllt*4l, Leitrim De Freyne ..14.144., Mat o Duffcrin R as St. Germans Eddisbury ntsuors. It.tkli. Chichester f o lp ie lai y nstone 4 , t, ‘ 4 V A ~ till -‘ A K 8 RARE MARKETS. 4 t hie..4:41., 'keg" -.RISTOL, AUG. 12. e r -4 N- tO4to,tit.--Nre have little change to notice in done, and tittij,s% -Nil ''• A small business has been k, ale 4. eveBt'ereni_itin._eEtatio_nary, 'le i only alterations ~ h , t, A D i IN w la. Shares, 7 7s m allikk •0 * olklo-1,-Aeg4,;4IVERPOOL, AUG. 12. tiftilt-.44,3', blit'cl.a.---There was only a moderate .on business weras ..iii,a;9 71114411/11aea Were firm. Quarters, s— 38—Ditto, te t P o : 4,4- ;;14i4Riel;:As441"44.ilitiao'IntianYtiorNksohritrhe.,.wCToeshnetseotrnlrrInasQteancdti,1 kSit'l'44l 7 1774 — Midland,. 33 % ri. ' telpashire, 15 1 4. —Manchester, S;4' to-Zqt44 ItlitxGriAm, AUG. 12. 1101.°1111)it)% t he share market was South 4 4 4; 4 , 11 e, 1 ti;!e. (MIS, tr ansactions reported Western. buyers, w d e u r l e l_an d i n - 4:tickcl4eNliil.7.,--Londori and North 0* . 43te'''' There were few sellers of any descriP" laark et l tlll° ' l ll3 l4t. .14 t,eClibt,4lllopA, A m gng Of • ee rh -, lor• day 44,1 —1)10 I:IOBPITAL.—,, '"' • R at was (14,:, th,'l 4. friends of the Orthopedic Hospital tip,ll)R the Lthe board-robna 6, Bloomsbury - that 4„,thsu, ' le* •--oaad b he ' •ttee it appears . (ti i t . ,Of if , ' ari , , Yj i e commi has been founded, ot, Q4 is tt4,,,,00 c„,. watch the hospital treated— quare. kttirt.ei i:E(1,0„,-.ea of orthopmdy have been 4 rib ' NI% ' " Cif that I 'eh t of • has arge number no fatal cases have 1 0a la o w 'Nu. there been any instance of permanent 1 0(p - 41, 0 1 13: att7 inflicted on the patients. The resent et .iNe,r(lauxtyll.°ance of the patients. it appears,. exceeds , ik:. 1,1,11 aw• tuatituber in regular attendance being Stri,„ll'lact'Noiies are weekly added, to the number of 30 yy p - me tii t TEti ti „ , after stating that a great number of cases about 1 1 ii<refettin cult o'f' adraission, and that many of such case re !eat to the ate, if not dangerous, by delay, concludes tlloatiel,4 JiffordtTedieal students who have souht the t eli t 7 4 'l). ci ° l . t . l e ob . bY the hospital, and the consequent f 4,,',441,0,f t ff,, (ll . B tord o e h e .,' °I its founders to form a school or "4(1-°Ll'e ,- ' 4ll th -rla h„,,,, --, as well as an institution for the 41114ihePail, ili glan ,,, i !Y• An illustrated appendix is ZotelZtli .' a r 441 the r,,11%,”1eh Many interesting diagrams are ,l'itifli'4l, eat, ,7;„4.`lve Position of different cases before ~tnt` of tCaing part-7 mo tance of severe lateral curvature a `ge tiT,Sohl c patien t , '9ilarly distinguished, together with a 'ePara7.ll, tltb'e'r obs:tr.lllll?rarenaent six months after reat it "w 4. - routin, I,;4`ions having been made relative . to r ati - i!Alty l, ' a Itsine. l'ill'tik 01° Nt V was passed, and the meeting 101.4 Y eht4l(lion s , 'll'lt.Y.--A-t the usual weekly , LiNh*,44lt,iri,l4 thou,ilrdaY, a re Port recommending that %%le ta iat . '4 thel'el, and leiloklset,Ppineo, &c., at a cost of liNsae ttory. ch ar voted for the ercct ion of a glazed.. tißobtll,a°4444alt_presell4rteeliti it was resolved not to enter -lot i ..t - Y' . on the previous Saturday, re- . ..' ll % ..Cl ' lite r into , a great lodging-house THE DRAINAGE OF TUE METROPOLIS. The committee appoint , A by the General Court to take into consideratio".t the general drainage of the metropolis, and report thereon, determined to divide their labours iD'io 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 siderrition, 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 Bth 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, as you are well aware, in laying out the plan of drainage for the seuth aide, 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 based, owing to the imperfect nature of the information which it was then in th e p ower o f t h e Com missioners to supply to their various authors; but I feel it my duty to ack now l e d ge i n 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 t h e honour to submit. "In 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 at all times of the tide from Woolwich-rea c h upwar d s. "2. To abolish all open dit c h es and cesspools, as well as defective, shallow or high level sewers. " 3. To maintain a continual and unintermitting flow, with the aid of lifts where neces sar y, i n 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 be 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,th . em clear o f 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 main sewers at such a depth as not only to receive the drainage of the deepest existing sewers, but to answer the purpose of main drains capable 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 side of the TFlaluEs require artificially lifting, Dud uonitruct the Lew sewers of such sizes oniy n'• Lolly be sufficient to take the geuerai drtsiouge of the district, including ordinary rain falls, connecting them at abqut mean low water, with outlets for heavy floods; ".7. To follow existing public streets, roads, or paths, so as to avoid heavy compensation for injury to private property, whenever this can be done without causing injurious curves or undue prolongation of the sewers and consequent loss of level. "d. To extend the ramifications of the sewers after the main lines are completed into all the streets at such depths and with such inclinations as to give perfect self cleansing street-drainage, and the opportunity for effi cient house drainage. " The fellovving is a general outline c f the means pro posed to effect the objects above named: — "I beg to recommend the top of Woolwich-reach as the point for delivering the sewage into the river, because I believe that the matter 'so delivered at and after high water, and in the centre, and at the bottom of the stream will not rise to the surface, so as to inconvenience the inhabitants of Woolwich. If, however, it should be deemed expedient, either for agricultural purposes or for any ether reason, to convey the sewage below Woolwich to some point near Erich before its delivery into the Thames, it may be effected by means of iron pipes across the marshes and through Woolwich, to be supplied by an engine and stand-pipe erected at or near the Woolwich-road, near Greenwich-gate. " Commencing with the outlet at a point eight miles below London-bridge, it is proposed to form a double reservoir, capable of holding at least twenty-four hours' drainage, covered over, and elevated to such a height as to discharge the whole of its contents at high water, de livering th e m by means o f p i pes near the middle and at the bottom of the river. The sewage will be lifted into the reservoir at this point (by means of an engine) from the main sewer, the invert of which is supposed to be at about mean low water, and ten feet below the surface of the marshes. " Hence the course of the main sewer will be across Greenwich-marshes, along Woolwich Lower-road, Tra fatgar-road, and Roan-street, to the Ravensbourne (where there is proposed to be a lift not exceeding twenty-five feet) lasses under the River Raveneboutne past the corner of the Trinity Almshouses, crossing Union-street and Bridge-row or Collier-street. " This lift and shaft I propose to place completely under cover, and to connect with the chimney of the smoke-consuming furnace of the engine all the passages from which any gases could escape from the sewer, and I feel perfectly confident that with these precautions the possibility of any annoyance being caused to the neigh bourhood may be obviated. "I mentioned above that it was not proposed that the engines should have to raise all the storm waters or land floods; these will be provided for in extraordinary cases by the four existing outlets—viz, the Effra, the Earl, the Duffield, and St. John sewers, and by means of reservoirs and a diversion of the upper part of the Elka to keep the low-lying and thickly-inhabited part of the district free from floods. "From Collier-street a line which may be called the `southern main line' diverges: the northern main line' passing along the Lower Deptford-road to the crossing of the Earl sewer, from which point it strikes into a north-westerly direction, and in a straight line towards St e James's church, Bermondsey, thence along Prospect place to Doekhead, and thence to Gainsford-street and Tooley-street, where it unites with the great St. John's sewer, with which are connected the Battle-bridge and its various branches; the inclination of the new sewer for • the whole distance being at an average rate of about 44 feet per mile, somewhat less near the point of dis charge, somewhat more el course as the volume of fluid diminishes at each successive ramification of the sewers. "Returning to the diverging point at Deptford, the course of the southern main line' will be by Loving Edward'g-lane nearly in a straight line with Old Kent road at Hetchure, along the Old Kent-road to Surrey Canal. bridge., which is at the point of divergence of au intermediate main line to be afterwards described; the southern main line will proceed by Neat-street and Albeny-road, in a straight line across to St. Mark's road, and by Camberwell New-road to St. Mark's church, Kennington. Here it will pass under the Effra sewer, and by a connexion therewith will receive its ordinary run of drainage; the floods of the Effra being provided for by a relief line about 1,200 yards long, passing along the Oval and Harleyford.street to Vauxhall-creek--the present open and most effensive portion of the Effra from Kennington-road ,to Vauxhall being filled up and abslishel The level of the southern main line at. St. Mark's church would be about 1.0, or nearly 7 feet below the deepest sewer existing there at present, and will afford unexceptionable drainage for Stockwell and Clapham, Balhaoa-hill, and the whole district lying between Brix ton road and Wandsworth-road. " The course of the intermediate line,' diverging at the Surrey Canal-bridge, proceeds along the Old Kent. road to the Bricklayers' Arms, where it will divide; one arm passes arensg the New li:ent-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 wed Trinity-street, 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 sewer. 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, for 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 length, 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. Geerge'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. " 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 lift, 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 is 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 care this will involve a considerable outlay, but as it is depeudent 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. The sewers now empty themselves into the Thames at various levels, and when the tide rises above the orifices of those sewers, of course the whole drainage of the district is stopped until the tide recedes again; thus the whole system of sewers in that locality may be said to be but an articulation of cesspools. The Commission commehced the consideration of this subject with a s i ncere desire to accomplish the drain age by natural means, if possible; but it soon became apparent that these - sewers, which were subjected for eight hours out of the twelve to a state of stagnation, acquired a sett l ement of solid matter-which required even a mor e ex t ens i ve system of flushing than that which we no w p ossess. It has been proved by the last few y ears that even flushing, under such circum stances, is not efficient, an d t h e t en d enc ies in these . sewers to for m a concrete of hard substances i s such as to any current of water, however raid and constant, quite ineffectual. Under these circum stances it became apparent that the Commission must resort to artificial means of drainage, and pumping by steam appeared to be the most economical and the most efficient plan. Mr. Forster therefore proposed the establishment of a steam-engine, at the Ravens bourne, to lift the whole of the sewage of the district to a height of 20ft., and by that means a current would be established so as to maintain througheut the whole day, without cessation, a constant flow, and the solid matter which now forms the subject of coa l iplaint would be carri e d off. The e x p ense of pumping may at first appear to be very great. I thought so inyself at the 'commencement ; but when it, was repofted to me, by the officers of the commission, that the cost of flushing and the cost of removing this solid Matter how concreted at the bottom of the sewers would be very great, and that the cost of pumping up the,whole of the se wage matter would cost less money, I thought that the syst e M o f PumPie g , as app li e d t o the south side of, the Tham es , appeared to be entirely withoutobjection. I w ill not now go into the details Of the works, as Mr. F orster has already explained them ; and I shall move that Mr. Forster's report he adopted, and that the works therein recommended be curried out forthwith. Sir JouN BURGOYNE said—After the cle4 and full statement made by Mr. Stephenson, it is not ne cessary for me to go int o any o f the matters or detailsconnected with this report, as i t wou ld on l y l ea d to confusion. It is, however, sa ti s f actory t o k no u t t h at, after the consideration given to thes e ge nera l princi ples laid down i n M r . Forster's report, the Commis sioners are unanimous in adopting them ; and; that, with regard to details, there is no difference of opi nion amongst us. I think that no dissatisfactioh can be expressed by the public at the system which we propose to adopt ; and I am glad to have an, opportu nity of expressing my own full concurrence in the re port which has just been read. The CHAIRMAN—The Court has at last succeeded in conning to a satisfactory solution of this very diffi cult question, and I was never more rejoiced than I am now to find that we have substantially brought it to a conclusion. I must remind the Court, however, of clause 17 in our Act, which provides that no law shall be considered formally enacted by any Court unless notice is given of it previously. I think, there fore, that we had better consider this day's proceed ings merely as , the required notice, and formally adopt this report at a future special Court. This was agreed to without remark. Mr. lIAwEs said, in reference to the prompt execs'• tion of these works, we are now in treaty with seve ral persons for the loan of sufficient money to carry them out. We shall require about 500,000/., to be repaid in thirty years by thirty instalments, principal and interest. The expense so divided: will amount to about 2d. in the pound. Viscount EBRINGTON—That depends upon the terms which are made ; but the charge will be about 2d. or 3d. in the pound ;' it will be stated in the yearly expenses. - A - GENTLEMAN in court asked whether it was com pulsory upon landlords to drain into these sewers when they were formed ? Were the powers of the Act sufficient to compel them ? Mr. fhwEs—Every house within 100 feet of a sewer must drain into it, and we shall take care to have a sewer within 100 feet of every house. After receiving the estimates for soMe works of minor importance, the Court adjourned. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. TIMES.—The Metropolitan Commissioners of Sewers have at length published a practical scheme for the im ui Thise d i a p t e l a n drainage e o a f d tihno open p o e u n t hern court s iodne Fridayof t h e last,T ha m w e a s a . virtually adopted by acclamation, and remitted to a future day for the m ore f orm al sanction required by law. It was, moreo ver , announce d th a t " th e C omm i ss i oners 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 had been thus substantially. brought. The scheme which has wrought these miraculous effects is the immediate production of Mr. Frank Forster. Its p u p g o l i r o t u u- t ty of u tracking details were reported at full length in o ur paper of Saturday , a t u hr o o opportu nity y, .and t the he curious prep es readerproposed ssewerage e h r a a g d e d the whole 13 miles of its extent. We s h a ll not e ngage ourselves to any such perform ance on th e -present occa sion, but shall confine our notice to the general prinei pies of drainage which have been thus conspicuously sanctioned, and the' claims put forth by the 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 protabilities 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 being taken; a double reservoir is to be'formed of a capacity sufficient to hold at least 24 hours' drainage, e into which the i.ewage is to b e fi rst lifted b y means o f an engine, and then ce discharged through the agency of pipes into the middl e of the river and at its' bottom, at ' certain periods of th e tid e. Thus we have the following leading principles of the sche me: —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 di stance on the banks of the stream, A here it is to be st ore d f or disposal. At present, ae we have shown, it is contemplated to discharge the accumu lation every 24 hours, but provision is made for a dif ferent arrangement, and in case it should be'thought ex pedient " either for agricultural purposes or for any other reason" to avoid the proposed discharge's.; Woolwich reach, 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 large drains, that it eau be collected in a distant, reservoir, and that if even at a point eight miles below Londensbridge 'its discharge into the Thames at high water only should be found productive of inconvenience, or if the deposit should prove available ,for agricultural requirements, it can be transferred elsewhere for storage and use. In securing these conditions no difficulty whatever is made, and the estimated cost, under the present arrangement, for upwards of 13 miles of sewerage, all apparatus in cluded,. is 241,2971. We need not enemerate the minor partionlars of operation specified in Mr. Prank Forster's report. What we have said is sufficient to show 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 missioners now . prefer . their claims to. • public ac knowledgment, as if their proceedings had been hitherto misunderstood and their inactivity cen sured for want of a due comprehetision' 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 th e .systems of drainage actually existing. " The public, ,, pursued Sir John Burgoyne, " can express, I think, no we dissatisfaction at the system . propose to ad o pt." L or d Ebrington wholly concurred mth m e at conel t usion of his colleagues, and recorded his estimateeatieof the generals be d . subject in terms which Befo which such cr e di t is wperesent haveto a already transcribed. minute r Without descending scrutiny of the scheme de manded, we may which they so earnest l y deprecate is not likely to Commis sioners why th e dissatisfac be exchanged so pr om p t ly as venturetitoonexplain to the they could wish for a thankful appreciation of th e i r efforts. Beyond all doubt, the space of ten month s un d er the circumstances described by Mr. Stephenso n , i s no of metropolitan drainage. H a d the Commissioners inaugurate approval of a good scheme inaugurated their transactions last tion of those instructions which October by the publication immoderate time to be ocupied in the constructio n an d acknowledged their obligations and re solution of purifying the Thames, they at on c e MOS, and of eo disposing of the sewage that it should _ a be at least rendered harm- Mr. Frank Forster seems ultimately to have received— less, and if possible productive, no inhabitant of this city would have conceivedany before the production of a successful plan. What created ten, or even twenty months, discontent at the lapse of spirit in which that delay was simply the delay, but the dissatisfaction was not originate. ed to origi • What, in pl ace o f reasonably presumed now a dvance, was the fi rs t ma nifestosuch conditions as they rs ? It was a prop osa l f or discharging themselves of one-half of their duties, f u r they were called upon to super cede, and for turning the - perpetuating rho system they se wage into the Tha mes more absolutely than before. These " suggestions " were ' at first disavowed, but were afterwards openly d e f en d e d thor in our own colum ns . Th e and advocated by their au . ample evidence of i nc li n i ng other Commissioners gave They carefully avoid e d any to the same track. great question before th em, and I,,st, no opportunity o discussion of the ove rtly disparaging th e id ea that ined . as well as the city °nets the Thames could be dra . . . ~ fact that, : mistaking the that, instead banks. There was no Alain trunk drain from outlet in Greenwich marshes to the left at ... 2 0 £25,887 20,280 27,400 the Ravenshourne.. Reservoirs and outlet pipes Pumping'engines and apparatus From the left at the Ravensbourne to a point near St. James's Church, Bermondsey, north main line ... 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, 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, See. ... 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 ta.en 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 extant of nearly 600 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 any one locality, for fear of interfering w ith th e u lti ma t e c h ance of succ e s s . London, ho wever , di v id es i tse lf natura ll y i n t o t wo districts —north and south, and after the Com mission had examined generally the condition of these two districts they found that Ber mondsey, LF.mbeth, and Southwark were infinitely worse than th e north side; to that portion, there fore, they have directed their attention, almost with out cessation, during the la s t f ew mon th s . I am glad to see these view the plans upon th e t a bl e of the court, having i n establishment of a complete and perfect sy s t em of drainage for thi s di s t r i c t, w hich extends o ver nine squarehi miles, three of which are from 6to 7 feet belowhigh- :eater mark. The whole eight or nine square mites i very from two to six feet under high -"Pater mark. devise a syst em o f drained. It will be apparent that to or this 100 ality is a work of no inconsiderable difficulty. Th e locality may be said to be drained only for four hour s out of the 12, and during those four hours only ye ry , imperfectly. LONDON,- - TTT - PSDA-Y- -- Eir - ENING,-- - - AUGUST NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. The following promotions and appointments have taken place, in consequence of the promotion of Mr. Pinhorn from secretary to commodore: Superintendent Eden to be store receiver at Woolwich, vice Owen, de ceased. Mr. Edward Thomas Burr, senior second-class clerk at Woolwich, to be first-class clerk in that establish ment, vice Pinhorn. Mr. William Evans Trafalgar Miller, senior third class clerk at Woolwich, to be second-class 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 bo 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 iu the dockyard. Mr. Burr was entered as extra clerk December 13, 1813, and was ont of the ser vice from November, 1822, to January, 1325; 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 Wo'ilwich Dockyard who has been an established clerk f0r.384 years. The Hon. W. Cowper, M.P., has left the Admiralty, For Chatsworth, Derbyshire. APPOINTMENTS. WOOLWICH, AUG. 12.—Surgeon Edward Heath (1845), to the Flamer steam .vessel, at Portsmouth. Second Master Edmund Wilds (1818), to the Retri bution steam-f,igate, 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 Tsursday 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 tounerly in the Perseus ha►e 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 Mariner, 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 arid 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 from 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 the platform, he was greeted with he cordial cheers of the meeting. Mr. Henry Doulton 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 resign 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 he should find the effectual discharge of the duties of the two offices prove more than his health and strength could sustain. He 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 uusul 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 in° 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 bad 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; (nen 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 Commons' oratory did bat• 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 had, therefore, great pleasure in moving :—" That this meeting highly ap spernetcaiatitvee,thcehhaorineosupraebalresocno,nEdu6qct., who,of their w h l e a t e e n jroeypiroeg the full -confidence of his constituents, resigned into their hands the trust they had reposed in him, when ho felt himself unable, from ill-health, to continu e t o discharge he isf b ac ee to o ri s l o y oo to od h e i d ms b e y lf.; l r. BAR. BOURNE syst e mmo exertionsvoe f d ‘‘ prisonto That p r ot discipline,mh i o s t eameeting better des andi r m e s t r o e its TRUbI, was carried unanimously, amid loud c h eer i ng. " record its grateful thanks to M r . Pearson a f n o d r his able resolution duties having s a t i laboursn t hope until thatth they ye shall wil andeconomical M unwearied r. l p p l e e r d se g v e e s r i e ts i e o lt h . t i o s s p u ra p i p s o e r w t o h r i t m hy , have been crowned with success;' seconded the Mr. WILLIAM JOHNSON cordially motion, which was unanimously adopted; and the meeting soon after separated. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —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 o f th e pl ac e, 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 for more than two years. Sold by all Druggists, and at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, L ondon. 13; -- 1850. of inquiring how the river could be cleansed, they were LITE RAT URE. inquiring how to dispossess the public of the notion that P.ETTICOAT GOVERNMENT A Novel. the river wanted c l ea nsiag. Instead of resolutely at- A the s ; ys, , although no t t o so great a degree, Trollope. 3 Vols. tempting to solv e th e problem, their first endeavours were to change it. Th e y d e lib erate ly m i sconce i ve d t h e i r duties, and amu se d t h emse l ves w i t h ques ti on i ng t h e as in her last wor k, we fi nd Mrs. Trollope too much wishes of th e ra t e p a y ers w h en t h ey oug h t to have been al icted doing their b es t t o sa ti s f y t h ew . Th e y were no t i nst i- but agai to making " muc h ' a d o about nothing, " n, as in all that emanates from her hand, toted to combat th e opinion which revolted at We find it impossibl e to resist that agreeable fascina a huge tidal sewer in the heart of the City, and yet tion which lures the reader on feorn page to page they cond uc t e d th emse l ves f or mon th s as if such .until th e l ast volume is completed, a fascination of had been their sol e a n d express vocation. That manner thlt invests with a certain degree of attrac they have been at length reclaimed to sounder ten- tion Ecidenth the most trivial and individuels the, ti ments m a y b e true, but the 'resolution is no t most ordinary. "Petticoat Government" may alm os t quite so laudable as they seem to presume. his be styled, like " Vanity Fair," a novel without a impossible to forget that they depreciated, more or hero ; for, a lth oug h M r. Frederic Dorking and Mr. less 'openly, as l ong as the y were a bl e, a l most every man of brthington, the m an o f f as hi on and genius, the very attr ac ti ve l y s k etc h ed, and ad principle whi c h th e y now a d op t, an d t h at t h e d e ci s i on Charles lor which they now t a k e cre di t must nee d s b e t h e resu l t arle W either of tardy e n li g h tenment or i rre si st ibl e compu l s i on , nurably con t ras t e d with each . other, do figure It may be raid, perhaps, that good sense no less than in the pages ; an d a l t h oug h a certain Dr. generosity, suggest s th e acceptance of these amends ins affords Mrs. Trollope an opportunity of without any more altercation, and that if London is at indulging in a little quiet satire; but this time the length by common consent to be well drained, the dis- satire is so quiet, and the Doctor is so delightfully pates engendered by the process may be prudently good-natured, that we are not disposed to quartrel dropped. We have no o bj ec ti on t o suc h a course, much either with him or his biographer,—although, but we would desire the reader to observe the as we have said, these three worth do ar . effects of public discus s i on oa thi s most i mportant y g pear in the course " Petticoat Government," the problem. Had it not been for this salutary ladies have decidedly the advantage —their doings are, check on the doings of a clique the metropolitan . in fact, the subject matter of the hook. In a cathedral population would at this time last year have been absolutely at the mercy of a do m i neer i ng i n fl uence town, to which Mr s . T ro ll ope h as b een pleased to which had prepared itself for substantial manifssta- give the name of Westhampton, chiefly because, as tion, in the form of sumps," or cesspools, at every man's she tells us, she knows of no town of that name, door. " These inveterate jobbers were at length dis- there had resided for years a most respectable family banded, with what justice may be collected from Mr, of the name of Jenkyns. Of this family, at the Stephenson's present plea, that the existing Commis- opening of the tale, we are introduced to two most sion, atter the two years' prelude of its predecessor, had interesting specimens, Miss Barbara Jenkyns and never be actually fore been m e'ntrust d ed to mortal mane to comence e nova, as if th probl ain, theem ha Miss Elfreda Jenky ns . Whil e t h e i r two beautiful . Ag d sisters had l ong s i nce left the paternal roof, P ene l ope whole question, but for the same check, wou ld h ew) b een quietly shirked, and instead of the pres e nt p ro p osa l to eloped n drawing-master and having with the wealthy husband, cleanse our river and sweeten our dwelli ng -h ouses , we Judith residing in India with h er should have had the whole scheme of tid a l sewerage per - bliss Barbara and Mi ss Elf re d a h ad devoted them petuatei and the purification of the Thames represented selves to intellectual pursuits, the elder still retaining as a chimerical idea which none but contractors or the family house at Westhampton, and the more am visionaries could ever have seriously entertained. 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 iu 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 th e p l easant addition to her i ncome , which is lik e ly t o accompany a Chancery ward, and 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 inanceuvering and out manteuvering 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 marri ag e w ith th e drawing -master d 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 bad for its motto the saying which so vividly impressed David Copperfield, " there can be no disparity in marriege like unsuitability of mind and purpose." Upon the unhappiness which is likely to be the conse quence of an union between two persons," sine 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 eiven is an admirable corroboration of her remarks. Frederic Dorking is so gracefully 'and agreeably portrayed, that no young lady who reads her story cars marvel at Judith's choice, and yet very few will read on to the end of the chapter arid hesitate to ad mit that the disparity in tastes and feelings between the two fiances, 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 Barbers, 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 not 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. CRICKET. LEAMINGTON. THUNDERSTORMS :)‘; The metripolis and its vicinity was visiteryesterday by a very singular thander-storrn. About a quarter-past ten o'clock the thick splashing tr2pS In licativo of a thunder-storm fell in wid - CireefstiCes, but tuatitibiequently melted away into tier rani. At twelve o'clock- it set in decidedly wet, as if for the day, the rain falling uninterruptedly until about - two, when the " hig rain" which came " dancing tloWn to earth," and fallipg or. the adjoining buildings Lb z cataract, in a very few minutes flooded nil the principal avenues and nearly choked up all the drains. The eloi.ds at the time weresheavy and leaden, but did not appear as if surcharged with electric matter. In a few minutes, however, the approaching `.. shock of elements" becanie obvious; the clouds sailed heavily in opposite directions,. one vivid fissh of blinding lightning shot out, closely followed by a ciashing peal, which echoed through the buildings, end the rain came down as if threatening a second deluge, whilst the thun der pealed at intervals, seerning to take a circular direc tion around the metropolis. In about hall-an-hour the blue , Ity showed in the east, whilst all to the west was thick and murky. About four o'clock, after several at tempts at re-union, and some heavy showers eastwards, the clouds in the east were completely dispersed, and the rich moist foliage,was glittering itt - stilifKii6,7sileilst the heavy wing of the departing storm stilt shad Owed the west, and the thunder muttered frequently - in "the dis tance, At six o'clock all,these uppearances passed away, and the evening was comparatively essleaned beautiful. DRFADFUL THUNDERSTORM, AND Loss OF LIFIL-011 Thursday evening this town was visited :by a most aw ful storm of thunder and lightning, accompanied by henvyrain. The flashes of lightning were remarkably vivid, and created much alarm among many of the in habitants. Unfortunately, the .term did not peas over without loss of life; a little boy, named William Lam bert, aged twelve years, son of Daniel Lambert, 'delver, Upper-lane, Northovrrani, having been struck dead by lightning. It appears that about a quarter past eight o'clock in the evening, the mother of the little lad was sittiere in the bouseenearthe fire, &Ceased being sat in a chair near the out wall and the wall cf the adjoining house; a little girl , being sat at a -eshort e distance from im and close to the chimney. The door of the house was thrown open, and also a window 'tap stairs. A little above the head of the deceased a pair of tongs were hung upon the wall, as customary in many cottage houses. The thunder at this time was loud and terrific, and the vivid flashes ot lightning succeeded each other in rapid succession, until at length there came one brighter than the rest, and which rendered the lekietter of the deceased ins ens ibl e for some moments. 144 con sciousness returning, the little girl screamedenat," Mo ther! Willey's dead." The distracted mother reit towards her child, who sat motionless in his little chair, with his head upon his breast and his arms hanging by his side. She spoke to him, but 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 eff the wall to the extent of about twelve inches in length and one in breadth; and the middle nob ot the ornamental work at the head of the cluck, which stood in the opposite corner of the house, 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, hefore G. Dyson, Esq., coroner, at the Shoulder of Mutton Inn, when a verdict of "Accidental Death" was returned. We have heard of no other accident arising from this tre mendous thunder-sten:cr.—Heti/ex Guardian. THUNDER STORM.—Ou Thursday evening last, about six o'clock, a storm of thunder, accompanied with, vivid flashes of lighting, visited Holmfirth. T'ne lightning was avvfully grand; flash aft -r flash following each other in rapid succession. The storm continued for upwards ef 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 rain. and the vivid brightness of two or three of its flashes of l'ghtning, we, have certainly never seen exceeded.. For the spaco of full twenty minutes the rain descended in a perfect deluge, and completely flooded many of our streets, rendering several of them quite impassable. The thunder was less violent than that eif the storm 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. Tho very interesting aquatic contest for the possession cf the Westminister scholars' silver challenge sculls took place yesterday evening, from Putney to Vauxhall bridge. These symbols cf aquatic superiority were pre sented in 18'44, by Messrs Colquhoun and Bu3ton, to promote the healthful and scientific pastime of sculling; and the various gallant conte , ta since that period have been looked 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 holdbr (the successful candi date of the previous season). There were four gewle men desirous this season of entering. tbe...lists,--Messrs. Barnes, Q.S., Herne, Q.S., Milman TA., and 'Stewart, ; but owing to the very unfavourable state of the weather on the day 'appointed for the challengers race a fortnight ago, the party did not deem it advisable to get afloat, and Mr. Barnes alone rowocl,the course in order to entitle him to eontend yesterday against Mr. Wright, the holder. At about a quarter to seven last evening both were at their stations at Putney Midge, 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. upon his ad versary's quart?rs. A very beautiful race continued down to Wandsworth, where, the water_ being 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 tatic,,. in 31 minutes, which, considering the state of the weather, was cwital work. BLACKWALL REGATTA. Not withstanding 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.- Tho regatta, which included All Saints, Poplar, as well as 131ackwall. was in commemoration of the first meeting at Blacitwall for the tstablishment of that invaluable institution, the Watermen's and Lighter men's Asylum; and the awards of victory were a new boat for the first man, and about 15/. to be divided in fair proportions amongst the others, commencing with 5/. lor the second man. The race was with six teallars in five heats. First Heat—ll. Cory, (Green) 1; George Atkins, (yellow) 0; R. Dent, (light blue), 0. The heat was btarted from Blackwall-stairs to the Folly-house, and East India-dock buoy, twice round, and finish at 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 Heat—J. Welland (red), 1; Charles Press man (pink), 0; D.R.Nowland (dark blue), 0. They were off even, and then pink took the lead, which he laboured bard but unsuccessfully to maintain. Red soon chal lenged, and passed him after a very sharp strukgle, winning by some lengths. Third Heat—George Atkins (yellow), 1; Charles Pressma❑ (pink), 2; Richard Nowland (dark blue), 0; R. Dent (light blue), 0. 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-8. 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 on eight length( astern. THE MARYLEBONE CLUB AND GROUND v. 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:— MARYLEBONE. First Innings. Second Innings. Bayley, run 0ut.... .. 3 b Wisben ~.... 0 G. Taylor, EN., b Armitage 0 b King .. ......... ......... 5 Dean, b Wisdan ... ..... ...... 7 c King, b Wisden ....... 6 W. Nicholson, Esq., c Bar ker, b Wisden .. .. Dakin, not .out ... ... 42 b Wisden . ........ ........ 48 IL 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- • , mange ...... .. .. 1 s Sniithers, b Campbell , 39 J. Wickham, Esq., c ‘Vis• den, b Armitage...—. ... 8 run out .... ...... 0 Alillbank, .Esq., b King.. 6 run out 4 , —... ' 5 Lillywhite, c King b Armi- . tap 0 not out L b T 0ta1 ...... 1.17r•••130 Total 1 Ru.Lß:oewrvTl3(hi.ariEltKiek.uieEnrrggl. bm,lEhes)ir s bci.:: : u.b.b b n : Dean .. oLLu:llt E 3y.,: ) 54 31 94 4 417_ 1 3 1 T 8L D 1 e l i n l i e a s ii . 2 a tini : a n i : gwp , i ; a r bh . ,beib,it e e l 3, 3 , 3E. E e:5a 5 ir q .„. . : .' ..n5 i... 13 : ..0. ... t. 7 .. / .0. .... b .t. .. 132 1 , 01 4 67 Parr, b Lillywhite .. ... 34 Lord Guernsey, c man, b white Sinithers, Esq., c Mill- I bank, b Dean .... ..... .. 0) Wisdr.n, b Lillywhite 'rims I.eauungton valignis club " The Marylebone' in 271 ;bed the great metropolitan one innings by 66 rune. After an exceedingly. Alert run of 14i days,,frop ort•t6 port, the- Boston packet-ship - ' MTh:adult readied Liverpool on Saturday morning. The splendid ship is re• natkrkable for the Piwiftuele of her voyages urce the 441alitic" THE T• ... SUN I A MONTH AT COIVSTANTINOPLE. By Albert Smith. " I fear," writes Albert Smith in his praf,sce, " 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 th e r em i n i scences of his 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 following account of the entry into the Golden Horn, and the first glimpse of Constantinople, is a happy specim en o f the easy and delightful style in which the whole series of reminiscences is penned : " I must confess that the first view of Stamboul, as we neared that part of the city, certainly disappointed me. I had heard and read such extraordinary a c co un t s of the beauty of the coup and my expectations had been raised to such an absurd height, that although I knew.l was stating hard at the Mosque of St. Sophia, and that the dark cypress grove coming down to the blue water befofe us surrounded the Sultan's harem, - and that this blue water was the Bosphorus, my first excla mation to myself was-- And is this alll' But when- we rounded the :Seraglio point, and slowly glided into the Goldea Horn, where the whole gorgeous panorama opened upon me in its unequalled loveliness, the feeling of wonder and admiration became absolutely 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 far 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 pbere--above all, perhcpl, the sudden change from the ennui ofza sea voyage—is only to repeat what every body has said who has ever visited Constantinople —to anticipate what everybody will say on future arrivals." EXTRAORDINARY BUNCII OF GRAPES.--.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 tour years, the fruit is of a full, deep, rich, blooming colour, and is perhaps the largest bunch ever produced in tins neighbourhood. We understand it.is to be presented to klade moilelle Lind in the coarse ofthe week.—Liverpool THE TWELFTH OF AUGUST.—Reporth 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 birCe..."=—Aber. deen Herald. ,4n 5