The Sun. — London, England, 1853-10-21 00:00:00

sued ,t the sea to . 0 the ion of been I tithe to da citron [so af rauoll e atoll iee of t corn 3antile officers e COO' is an Spirit dated meant —" On Le brig r, and 3 mel- were P cs and away en ear ed by 0 , r to the i s of washed ink the ; a nd gs and ne sea. r days, it aP; !.; and e hold, of the ne, and eats le -1 MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. The show of English wheat in to-day's market, coastwise „ and by land carriage, was very limited. The attendance of buyers being tolerably good, the demand for all kinds ruled steady at an advance in the prices of Monday of fully la per quarter, and a clearance was rapidly effected. The i taPerts of foreign wheat have exceeded 26.000 quarters, yet the sale for that article was firm, and the quotations t na 'd an upward tendency. Floating cargoes w ere rather 4 igher. We had a fair demand for-barley, the prices of which were well supported. No change took place in the value of melt. Oats, the show of which was good, moved off freely at l'ar3' full prices. Beans, peas, and flour as on Monday. ~.English .. Irish .... Foreign .. Wheat. 1,710 ARRWALS THIS WEEK. 1 1 Barley. Malt. 2,660 2, 870 400 26,620 7,770 Oats. 1 Flour. 110 3,390 7,710 11,360 640 ska 14,260 bzl SMITHFIELD. To-day's market was seasonably well supplied with beasts as to number, but their general quality was inferior. For all kinds the demand ruled exceedingly heavy, at b arely Monday's decline in the quotations. The supply of sheep was limited, yet the sale for that description of stock was very dull, at unaltered currencies. The top figure for the best old Downs was 5.5. per 81bs. Calves were in full average supply, and heavy request, at barely l ate rates. In pigs next to nothing was doing. Mitch cows were dull, at from 151. to 191. each, including their small calf. Per 81bs to sink the offals. 0. d. S. d. s. d. s. d. Inferior Beasts.... 2 6to 3 0 Prime Southdown 4 6 5 0 Second quslity....3 2 3 4 Large crse. calves 3 2 4 0 I'rlme large oxen 3 6 3 8 Prime small d 0... 4 2 4 6 Prime Scots, dle. 310 4 0 Large hogs 3 6 310 inferior Sheep ...2 8 3 0 Small porkers 4 0 410 Second quality ...3 2 310 Sucklingcalves ..21 0 27 0 Prime crse.-wlled.4 0 4 4 Quarter old pigs 21 0 26 0 TOTAL SUPPLY. FOREIGN SUPPLY. o keasti 1,340 mmeo and Lambs .. • • 5,800 1 Sheep .. • • .• .. ..... • ......1,800 Calves... .•••• • • • • ........ 300 LEADENHALL. red state, as follows : the carcase. NEWGATE AND The trade was in a derness4 Per Sibs by s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Reef, inferior 2 4 210 Mutton, Inferior 2 62 10 middling 3 0 3 4 Do., middling..... 3 4 4 2 prime large 3 4 3 6 Do., prime 4 4 4 8 DO., do. 5ma11....3 8 310 Veal 3 2 4 4 Pork, large 3 4 4 0 Pork, small 4 4 5 0 BOROUGH HOP. The sale for all kinds of hops is very extensive, and prices Still continue on the advance. From the plantations we lea rn that the growth is proving a very light one ; hence, the duty is called 135,00/. to 140,090/. This week's im ports are 278 bales from Ostend, one from Ghent, 144 fro m Hamburgh, 88 from Antwerp, and 29 from Rotter dam. Sales have been effected on the following terms : Mid and East Kent pockets, 141. lOs to 19/. ; Weald of Kent ditto, 11/. lb to 14/. ; and Sussex ditto, 101. to 111. 11s per cwt. COLONIAL. SIIOAIL.—There has been rather a heavy market for British Plantation, with more disposition to press salei. The trade do not buy so readily, but the best grocery sorts are chiefly purchased. At auction Barbadoes realised * 3 B 6d to 38s 6d for low to fine, and Jama ica 32s to 345. East India Mauritius has been sold at 35s Gd to 37s for good and fine yellow, at 34s to 35s for mid, and at ea to 32s for low dark to good brown. These prices have not since been o btainable, and further parcels offered were taken in. Bengal has been sold at 36s to 39s 6d for low to fine white Benares, and at 41s 41s 6d for low white. Cossipore being rather lower. the Benares is wanted. Penang has realised 27s to 32s for Ord to good brown. Foreign Bahia was taken in at 33s to 39s for low to good white, and at 30s to 34s for low foxy to fine brown. Porto Rico has been is lower, low to mid Yellow 32s 6d to 365. Mid to fine grocery was taken in at 3 5s to 395. Cuba Muscavado was most taken in at 325. to 3(38 for low to good light yellow. Yellow Havanna sold at 33 e 6d for good brown, the rest being taken in at 33s 6d to 3 ,98 for good brown to good yellow. Refined has been dull. Low to fine grocery 45s 6d. to 47's 6d per cwt. COFFEE.—The supply has been larger and prices have rather declined. Plantation Ceylon has been sold at 57s to 62s for mid to good mid, bold colony at 55s to 57's for fine fine ord to low mid, at 44s to 55s for triage, and at 66s for peaberry. Native good ord was taken in at 475. Jame;.ca good and pale sold at 45s to 458 Gd, ord to gcod ord at 42s to 45s 6d, and triage at 365. Costa Rica went at 48s to 52s for good and fine ord, and at 538 to 55s for fine fine ord and low mid. Damaged Rio sold at 38s 6d. to 45s 61 Cocoa.—There has been a slight decline in prices. Tri nidad has been sold at 31s to 35s for fair to good, at ',25 to 35s for low mid and mid red, and at 31s to 33s for ord to good grey. RICE.—Not much has been done, and prices have de clined slightly. Bengal mid broken white has been sold at 14s 6d per cwt. S PlCES .—Pimento has been dull, having been taken in at Gid for mid and good. Nutmegs have had a ready sale. Penang 2s 9d to 3s id for mid to good mid brown. Mace sold at 2s to 35 Id, and mid at 3s 11d. Jamaica Ginger ord to mid white brought 44s to 665. Pepper has been quiet. Batavia was taken in at 4Ad for mid. Penang sold at 104 d to 103 d for mid white. SALTPETRE.—BengaI 2i per cent. refraction brought 29s 6d for good, the rest being taken in at 30s Gd to 31s for good 4 to 2 per cent. refraction. COTTON.—This article went off heavily compared with the previous sales, being in less demand privately also. TEA.—There has been no material alteration, but at the public sales about one-third of the quantity offered has found buyers. There was but little demand for green. TALLOW.—P.Y.C. has been at 58s 6d per cent. on the %pot. GREEN FRIIIT.—A better business is doing. Some arrivals of oranges have been received from Terceira and ,Sl adeira a cargo of which, per " Lady Rebow," has bee n landedin sound condition, and there is every reason to expect that the cultivation of oranges will be increased at th e latter place. Grapes will be scarce. Several parcels from Lisbon, sold by Messrs. Seelins• and Hunt at public sale, went at an advance from 2s. to 4s. per package. Several parcels of lemons have been received from Malaga, 'which has advanced the price of Lisbon. Black Spanish nuts have been delayed in their shipment, owing to the high price required by the farmers. CONTRACT STEAM CONTANIES. . 4 :7^ The following statement has recently been prepared, showing the annual amount of subsidies paid to the various contract steam companies, and the returns to the Government in the shope of postage receipts, the annual balance against the country being no less than .342,790/. This result affords of itself a striking illustra tion of the consequences of State interferences in one of the most important branches of private enterprise. When, however, it is recollected, in addition, that the expenditure of the sum in question has been a means of Checking all that improvement in steam navigation which is to be attained only by unrestricted compe tition, that it has caused a rankling sense of injus tice to be felt by those colonies which have been neg lected, while others have been favoured, that it has led the United States avowedly to adopt a retalia tory course, and has thus caused between the two Governments a rivalry as irritating as it would have been healthy if left to the energies of individuals ; and, finally, that it has placed for years past in the hands of the Treasury and the Admiralty an almost irrespon sible power of dispensing nearly a million of money to such companies as might be able to establish the neces sary influence, a full idea will be gained of the nature of the system. Happily, the present Ministry are under stood to have recognised in a great degree the evils that . have thus arisen ; but, although they have shown a dis position to check them, or to bring them within more moderate limits for the future, the broad doctrine that the means of commercial communication throughout the world should be left to develope themselves, that special bounties upon one route can only operate unfairly upon others, and that the sole function of the Government is to see that shipowners who undertake to carry letters strictly fulfil the obligations they assume, is yet neither acted upon nor acknowledged : Estimated amount of British trans marine postage for the year. Terms of contract per annum. £ s. d. 188,040 0 0 270,000 0 0 25,000 0 0 109,600 0 0 20,500 0 0 26,000 0 0 53,003 0 0 23,250 0 0 17,000 0 0 Packet Line. North American West Indian & Brazilian Pacific East Indian Peninsular Australian Cape of Good Hope West Coast of Africa French Belgian. Hamburg and Holland Total £ s. d. 120,863 9 4 85,409 12 6 5,C90 13 6 127,896 8 0 11,957 3 0 29,121 12 0 14,300 13 0 2,534 2 0 51,876 8 0 21,695 9 0 8,914 15 0 479,600 5 4 822,390 0 0* STRANGE OCCURRENCE AT THE VICEREGAL LO i DG s E de . Captain Winter, accompanied , by s everal, oth er ade camp of his Excellency the Lord Lieutenan t, aypea-red yesterday at Capel-street office, and tendered informa tions against the Rev. Henry Stannard under th e fol lowing s t range c ircumstances 4 i nf orm ed the Winter the preceding bench that between eleven and twelve o'clock on preceding night, while the Lord Lieutenant and t he Countess of St. Germans were sitting in one of the apartments of the Viceregal Lodge, a gentleman, to their great surprise, walked into the room from an ad joining chamber, and sat down upon a chair without the least ceremony in the world. His Excellency perceiving him to be a stranger, inquired the object of his visit, to Which he replied very coolly that he had effected an en trance by the front door, and wished for an interview with his Excellency. It soon became evident, how ever, that the intruder was a person of unsound mind, though not what is termed a dangerous lunatic, 411 d accordingly an aide-de-camp was called in, and he was handed over to the custody of the police. On further inquiry, it appeared that the 'name of the Person who acted in this strange manner is the Rev. Renry Stannard, and he is a clergyman of the Estab lbibed Church. It is supposed that he resides in Clon taxi, having sent a message to his wife in that locality. After being taken into custody, he was brought to the police station at Bridewell-lane, where be was locked up all night, and in the morning about 8 o'clock he man aged to effect his escape from the station house. Cap tain Winter stated that his Excellency did not wish any harsh proceedings to be adopted towards the unfortu nate gentleman. He merely desired that measures should be taken to prevent the repetition of a similar intrusion I.n futur e . Wh a t ma k es this occurrence st ill more s t range is that the rev. gentleman contrived to enter the Vice regal-lodge un no ti ce d b y any o f t h e d omes ti cs o f th e est ablishment, and without attracting the observations of the sentinels and police constables who are constantly _n its immediate vicinity. .A. wa rra nt h a s been issued for his apprehension. SHARE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY. BRITISH RAILWAYS. RAILWAYS. Closing Prices yesterday. lq. 2Di 4 4i 81 Di 13 —ll dis Aberdeen ........ , Ambg. Nottng. Bost, and Eastn. Junct Birming. Wolverh. & Stour Valley Birkenhd. Lancsh. & Cheshire Junct Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O and £25 Cons.l Do., £2O Bristol and Exeter 1 Caledonian Chester & Holyhead Cork and Bandon Cork, Black, & Pass. Dublin&BelfastJunc. Dundee Perth&Aber- I deen Junction Do. New...... East Anglian Do., (£lB E & Eastern Counties Eastern Union, A Stock 210., B. Stock Do:, New A E as t Lancashire East & West Ind. Dk. & Birnsiim June Edinburg: Glasgow Edinb. and _Peebles._ Edin. Prth. & Dundee Glasgow &S. Western Great Northern Stk. Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock ...... • Sth. &West.(lre.) Great Western Irish South-Eastern L ancas ter & Carlisle 83 Do., Thirds lO LanCash.andYorksh — 61 Do., Fifths 7l Da., Wst. Riding Un 5 - Leeds Northern l2 Liv. Crsby.&Southpt London & Blackwar Loud. Tilb. & Sthend. Loud. Bright & S.Cst. Lond. and N. Westn. Do. Fifths D o .10/. Sh., M&8...0 London and S. Westn. Do., £5O. Do., £4O cn drry& Co' eraine •• • Lndndrry. & Enn , sl:. • . - Manch•She.& L:rclr 18A Do.,Man. & Un. Midland Do. Birmr &Derby , 33 Midld. G. West. (Ire.), •• . Do. Half Shares 1 .•• Newcastle & Carlisle , ••• Newmarket 5O Do., Bury Extension, / d Nwpt.Aberg. 5i Newry &Enniskillen: ..• Newry WarrenpoinC and Rostrevor Norfolk Northn.Couflties Un North British North Devon, No. 1 Do., No. 2 Do., A A Deferred Do., B Guaranteed North Staffordshire North Western N. & S. Westrn. June. Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton Scottish Central Scottish Midland Shrewsbury & Bi inv ! Do. L. & N. Western , Guaranteed Si esk... Shrewsby. & Berefd: l Shrewsby. & Chester; (N. W. Min;... Do. Halves, q. a 00. Os westry Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern Soh Wales IS. Yrkifi. & 117. Dur 5i - 93 - 48i - 13 - 43 - 7i - --- •• ii • 4 i l 3 - 3 4 11i - 12 38 - 42 28 - 30 61 . - 6 --: 6 ii __ 23 50 52 i 23 125 100 102 I 79b 80 par Ipm 92 —94 d 1021 —1 0 2 i ad— p 74 —7 6 P I lid 13 2d 47 50 4 3d 25 ... 26 8 10 1 14 - 2 7 - 7- 4 611 7t— ipar 2 y 36 - 38 87 - 89 55 - 57 62 - 64 60 -- 65 21 -- lad 15 -- 17 7} -- 8 i 11 -- 13 4 -- 3ad 14 -- 16 574 -58 i 34 -- 35 i 1 - 1 • Do Stock Lon & Hart - ep l Tbames Haven Dock and Railway Vale of Neath Waterfil. & Kilkenny Waterford&L'merick West Cornwall Wimbledn & Croydon York Newctl. &Berw. Do. Extensions Do. G.N.E. Purchase York & N. Midland 14 15 8• = 9• 61 62 9i - 9 d 4t 4 d 44 -- 45 PREFEREN , 1E srrA :Ea lAberdeen.. 0 Do. No. 2, 7 p. c 0 Brig. St Ex. 4p.c. St .. 5 Do. 4 p. c. Shares 1 Caledonian £lO .11 Chester & Holyheac Guar. 54 per cent 61 Cork &Bandousip.c Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction dl EastAnglian (£3los) 6 per cent dl Do. (£5) 7 per cent 2 Do. (£7 17s) 7p. c• dl Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No. 1 Xll Do. No. 2 di Do. New 6 p. c. St 11 Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent East Lancash. 6 p. cts Edinb Prth. &Dundee 5i per cent. Glasgow & S.Western Guar. 5 per cent... Great Northn. 5 p. c.' 1 Do. 5 p. c. Redeem., at 10 p. c. prem... 72 Do. 4 k p. c. Scrip • • • • Gt,Son.thn.&Wes'au., (Ireland) Eighths)... i 6 Gt. Westn. (Berke Hants Ex. 5 p. c)...1 00 Do. cov. red. 4i p.c. 00 Do. con. red. 4p. c.l 00 Do. irred. 4p. c.... 1 6 Lan. &York. F. £2Ol 00 Do. 6 p. c. Stock ...1 00 London and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p, .00 Do. Pref., 5 p. c. St. Do. Convertible, 5 p. c., 1852 10 Do. New Gnar.6 p. c. 5 London &S. Western Con. Thirds L 0 Londonderry& Coler Shares 11 Lonely. & Ennis. Sh 11 Man., Shef., & Lin , Shares, No. 1. 11 Do. New, £lO 3 Do. £6 11 Marypt Carl. 4 11 Do. 41 per cent 84 Do Mid. Consol.6 p.c.St. Do. Consol. Bristol Bina.. 6 per cent 5 ID°. Pref.4A per cen,,, 6 'Norfolk Extension 100 Do. 5 p. c. Eat 100 Do. Guar. 5A per et._ 100 Do. Way. Val. 5 p. c 100 north British all North Staffordshire 100 Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverh.£ls,6 p.c 15 Do Shrews. &Birra.N.G." Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor.W.Min), 8 p.c. Do. 5 per cent South Devon Do. New S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. Do. 44 per cent. Pre. S.YorlEsh.4p.c.Cuar. Waterfd.&Kilk.6p.e. York, Newcastle,and Berwick,4 p.c. Pref Do York&N. Midland H and S. Purch Business done this day. IPald. ;o all 1 128 761 all i2t l . 10 8 0 ' 3t. 100 so all SO all 20 all 50 45 25 all ?,5 all 15 all a ll all i , !co ;t. i all ;t. 100 1 ;5 8i ;t. 100 DI all M. 100 .o 16. it. 'too L 100 t. 100 h. 100 it. 100 ;t. 100 ;t. 100 2 11 A 11i ;t. 100 17t, L 4 114 all all .1i all I) 7 ;t. 100 ;t. 100 ?.0 12 10 1 ;it. 100 LO 34 15 all 5 all it. 100 '2s _4?, ;Elioo . ft. 100 473 5 17:1 ;t. 1100 6 4 15 171, ?.0 all St. 100 - 1 16 16 16 11i 8 all 8 8 20 17i 20 all 10 10 St. 100 >t. 100 ;t. 100 ;t. 100 it. 100 0 8 ;6i l all 3# all !O all . ) ,0 6i SO all it. 100 i 0 all !O 15 20 5 25 161 85 20 A 17 !O all i 0 all ;0 14 .0 21s. it. 100 15 20 :5 11§ St. 11 St. 11 St. 11 20 .5 a] 64 64 al 331 a] 5 i al sit al 61 a] 10 a] 20 I a] St. 110 5 I al St. 1.1 St. ill 10 ' 64, a] St. 11 St. 11 St. 11 16 St. 11 St. 11 St. Ili 50 1 97 - ...xdl 6 - 6.} 3 - 4 4. - 5 - 1p - - liP 13 - 3 -3, 115 : 119 105 107 id i p 7i 8 7 99 101 95 100 95 100 I id par 1139 - 141 2 - 3 "i 3 6 - 7 8i 91 id i p i3B 140 1 i id, ,„ ...... ••• I - . 99 101 Apm 04 —10 i 16 17 9} —10 i 12 14 par PI 24 -24 x( 100 - 105 19 - 20 ... dl 95 - 98 -- - id FOREIGN. A.ntwerp&Rotterdam Belgian Eastn. June. Beziers to Graissessaf; Charleroi di Erqueiin. Dijon and - 2esalcon Dutch Rhenish East Indian Do. Exte - qs: on Gt. Indian Peninsula Gd. Junct. of France Gt.Westerno:Canada Shares Lucca t Pistoj a 5 p.c pref Luxembourg IDo. (Railway)... 2 3 4 12 ,Do Do. (Canal) Do. 6 p. et. pref IT,yops & Mediterran 71 2 1 ,Yladras ................. , NanYar & Liege (with iu:erest) all Do. (ex it all ! Northern of France Do. 201. 3 p. c Bds all I (fmy.B. & Ams.Shs.) all •Norwegian'.7.runkrrof 10 Paris and Lyons all Paris and Orleans all Paris and Rouen all Paris and Strai)ourg 4 ParisCaen &Cherbrr 10i Quebec & Richmond all Rouen and Havre 2 Royal Swedish all Sambre and Meuse 2 Sth-Eastrn. of France 6 Southern of France 2s. Upper India Scrip all West Flanders 10 Do. 5i per c. Pref... 10 Western of France...) 4 West. of Switzerland 12 Zealand 3 i - 21 -- 2 - 4 - 2 - 2 -- 12i -- 7 -- 15i -- 4 - 4 1 - --- 1 - 1 - 12ii a] 25 1 al 10 I al 1241 al. st:11 St. it 10 25 10 ..0.6 100 all 1 3 100 THE SU 12 St. 504 731 4 50 St. 123 791 i 9 1 50 Closing Prices Business Slar. Paid. RAILWAYS. Lea Si n s. Y es t e rday. this day. Compan 50 all Bedford and London & Bletchley. •• N. West. 304 all Birm. &,Oxfa. guarantee._ Gt.Wcstn. ••• 301 all Do. withoutgr Do ......... 30,1 all Birm.Wolv. & D u dl©y guar. Do ......... •• • 301 all Do.wtht guar. Do . . .. __• St. 100 Buckghamsh. L.&N.W. 98 102 50 all ClydesdaleJc. Caledon... 48 —5O St. 100 E. Lincoln gr. 6 per cent. Gt.Nrthn. 138 —l42xd x a 25 all Glstr.&Du.Fr k Gt. Weetu 30 32 100 all Hrtlpl. Dk. &Y. Now. Railway .• .. & NV. ." 50 all Hull & Selby Y. &N Md 107 109 25 all Do. 4 Shares. Do ......... 534 28 54A 124 all Do. Shares. Do ... .... 27 13i all Lon,k,Greenw S. Ea.stau 134 144 20 all Do.Preforence D 0......... 244 —2s4xd x a 20 100 Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. orfolk_ 20 iOO Do. 6 per ct, ....... . . 54 all 'Manch. Bxin. L.V!.. 3 and Matlock &I.adhl., 21 50 All Middlesbro' & Stckton Redcar . D a rlingt. 100 ld•Brada. Midland.. 98 100 50 all Noxth,ern and Eastexs#sp,c. E. Count. 59 61 50 Do. 6 pe;c. 0......... —-- 50 all Do. Fixed s p . 25 Prest. Wyre L. &N . :W. &Ln&Yk 1* 12 Do. %hares. IDo ....: . . SL 100 Roystn.falit.iGtNotthn 140 142 145 St. leg Do.Shept l • !Do ..... . ... 138 25 1130hef.Rotit a locash& Goole g. 5 p.c. Yorksh. dis 12 04 8. St.2tfordsh. 31.31 Clean 2 14 , 1 71 t : 6 per cents...• 50 a ll wearv,,ilaygr Stockt. & 25 all Do I Do ....... 29 30 29 I St. 100 Wilts&SomrstiGatPstn. 95 -- 100 Darlingt. 125 611 Pml "• 93 102 H MINES. _ ---------------- _ . 1 all Agua Fria 1 all Anglo Austria. Gold Id. par 10s. all Anglo Ca lifornian 10 2 Australasian lid i d 20 5 Australian 1 all Aus t ra li a n Cordillera / Ad 1 all Australian Freehold i /d 1 all Ave Maria I - 0 1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy o) 4d par 1 all British Austria. Gold / i d 20 13.5 British Iron 7 9 35 241 Braziliaemp.(issued at .45 pm 4 5 30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuiada 21 3 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 33/ —31 A 1 1 Carson's Creek 40 a l l Cobre Copper 42 —4 p 5 1 Colonial 15 Cop'-p) St. all : - .:opper Min. o."! E - _? ,-- , 55 65 25 all ')o. Pref. 74 p. cert. 5 7 pxd 5 all , English and Austrlr. Copper Emeltg.Co. 2i 3 20 all 'General 2 all Great, Nugget Vein par —i p 2 all Do. Registered 3 all Great Polgooth 1 all Lake Bathurst 1 all Liberty 3 all Linares 1 all LondACaliforu.Gold Quartz Crush. Co. A _ 1 all Mariquita 10 9 Mexi^ r&S.Amerien 64 71 1 alt New Granada id— par i 1 all Nouveau Monde g i P la 10 5 Nova Scotia Mining and Copper Smeltg. . „. 5 1 Port Philip 1 all Quartz Rock 50 all Rhymney Iron 15 15 Do. New — ... 30 10i Santiago de Cuba 1 all Fluth Australian 10 7 Tin Croft 5 7 28/ all United Mexican 34 3i 1 all Waller — di Ei 1 all West Granada 1 all West Mariposa 1 all Yuba - A d Lor)riaaeidnootananJiolßNi,Tak-SToOfOK BANKS. 40 all Australasia i 69 71 69/ 9 50 all British N. American! ... ... 20 2 Clutd. Bak. of India,' Australia, & China id— par 100 25 Colonial — ... 100 20 Commercial of Load ... ... 20 10 English Scottish and Australian 2id lid 20 15 Lond. Chart. Bk. of Australia par p 50 20 London and County . . . . 50 10 London Joint Stock 2 2. 24 100 20 Lond. & Westminster 33 34 x d 7 25 91 294 i C9rpora lliaa 25 5 Do. New ti oi l o t l . :r no e fdl Aus tralialreland d . : 4:3.. —45 - - ... x . d ••• 100 1 2 a1 5 1 P rt i o .o . vlf oe c lw i d al i o m f p lr c el o a ,. n . d .. . ;.die ii v .. ar . 49 5 1 Royal Australn.Bkg sz 25 all South Australia 25 all Union of Australia 67 69 66t 7 2i Do. Now 6 7 i 50 1 0. Union of London l7 182 40 all Union of Madrid ... ... LLOYD'S .SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Oot. 21. Wind this day at Noon, W., and cloudy, with rain at times. The Dalhousie, Brittleworth, from London to Sydney, sunk off Beachy lead on the morning of the 19th October ; passengers and crew, except one boy, drowned. DEAL, Oct. 20.—Sailed—Thos. Reyden and Johanna Cornelia, Melbourne ; Unequay and Mississippi, Port Philip - Colonist, Hobart Town ; Mary Sh e p herd, Shang hai ; imperor, Algoa Bay. Put Back—Rokeby, Calcutta. DOUGLAS (Isle of Man), Oct. 19.—Wind, S.E. Arrived —Ariadne, Quebec. DUNDEE, Oct. 19.—Wind, E.N.E. Arrived—Advice, Davies' Straits, with one fish, 35 tons of oil ; Alexander, do., with one fish, 35 tons of oil; Amelia, Riga. Sailed — Bosphorus, Melbourne. SUNDERLAND, Oct. 19.—Wind, E.N.E. Arrived— Arab, Quebec. GRIMSBY, Oct. 20.---Arrived—Aeron, Quebec; Tell, Taganrog. HARWICH, Oct. 20.—Wind, N.N.W. Sailed —Heiram, Melbourne. SCILLY, Oct. 19.—A vessel, with sails blown away, and abandoned, was passed on the 11th of October, by the schooner James, from Fenol, which vessel was spoken the following day, in lat. 47 N., long. 10 W. ILFRACOMBE, Oct. 20.—1 t blew a strong gale the whole of last night from the Northward to W. The buoy off Morte Stone is reported as gone. MUMBLES, Oct. 19.—The Industry, bound to Milford, has put back with rudder broken, and other damage. The Anne, of and for St. Agnes, is ashore. GRANGEMOUTH, Oct. 19.—Arrived—Albyn, Quebec. COWES, Oct. 20.—Wind, N.N.W. Arrived—Tedesco, Havannah. SOUTHAMPTON, Oct. 20. Wind, N. E. Arrived— Ripon (s), Alexandria. Sailed—lndus, Alexandria. PLYMOUTH, Oct. 20.—Wind, W. N.W Arrived—Sir Thomas Mansell, Corunna. GLOUCESTER, Oct. 20.—Sailed—Canton, Savannah. OFF DOVER, Oct. 20.—Arrived—Herschel, New York ; Robert Gray, Babia.—The Chapman, of Plymouth, sunk at sea, eight days since : crew saved. N b V o li a sh rd ed m as ar h k o e r d e CLYDE Oct. 19.—Wind, E. Sailed—California, New Orleans ;, Wallace,_ St. John's, N.B. at Tors Harlingen,Am , Oct. am 1 0 9 n. g — st S w om hi e ch wr w e a c s k a h p a i s e b ce ee o n f " Penelope, of Plymouth , William Sanders. The Pone lope from Cardiff to Bremen , pass ed Pl y mouth 22d Sept., " and has not since been heard of. SHIELDS, Oct. 19.—The Shepherd, from Lines to Leith, has put in leaky, and is about to discharge. SCARBOROUGH, Oct. 19.—The Oracle took the ground at the entrance of the harbour, and beat heavily, but has been hove off and bron,glit in, making m uc water. LIVERPOOL, Oct. 20.—Arrived—Mataban, Calcutta ; Julius Caesar, Maranham ; W. W. Davis, Pictou ; Oregon, Lady Hobart, and Colonist, Quebec • Glide, Halifax. Sailed—Glencaple, Santa Marthe ; Fidelia, New York ; Champion, Barbadoes. Off Port—Alps (s). MEMEL, Oct. 17.—The Lucy, of Loudon, bound to Dun kirk, with wheat, was towed in hero this afternoon, hav ing sprung a leak, and will discharge. PORTSMOUTH, Oct. 20.—The Rose Ellis, for Hong Kong, drove on the Mother bank, and got in contact with the Rose, of Havre. A large full-rigged ship was seen to sink yesterday, about 19 miles S.S.E. off the Owers, on account o f a gale blowing from S.E. no assistance could be ren dered, though three were seen for some time in the water by a schooner of Exeter, who reported the same to a pilot boat. ELSINORE, Oct. 17.—The Sertnm, of and for Guernsey, from Danzig, was stranded on the Copper Ground, near Lessoe, 11th Oct., and is full of water ; crew' saved, and part of cargo damaged. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Friday, 10.30 a.m . Arrived—Maria, from Stockholm. Off Port—Andrida, schooner. QUEENSTOWN, Oct. 19 Wind, N., strong breeze. Arrived—Levaut, from Laguna. Put back and sailed again—Aboyne, for London. (BY SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Friday, 10.30 S.M. CUSTOM-HOUSE RETURN. Wind, S.W. Arrived —Sylph, from Antwerp ; Johannah, Dantzic ; Aleda, Archangel ; Gustav von Hagenow, Riga ; John Bull (s), Hamburgh ; Hunwick (a), do. Sailed—Edinburgh (a), for Hamburgh ; City of Paris (s), Boulogne ; Alar (a), Dunkirk ; Venus, Cape Palmas. Tide near low water; weather wet. DEAL, Friday, 9.28 a.m. Wind, S.W. by W., fresh and cloudy. Passed—Canada, from Quebec, for London ; Skulks, New York, for London ; Marquis of Hastings, Honduras, for London Nancy, Ha mburgh, for Melbourne ; Fury, Shields, for Lisbon. Anchored—Julindur, from London, for Geelong ; Sul tana, from London, for Adelaide. Put Back—Rokeby, for Calcutta. NOON Wind, S.W. by W., fresh, and cloudy. No fresh arrivals. Put Ba , zlE—Johanna Cornelia, for Sydney. 2 P.M. Wind, W.S.W., strong, with rain. Passed —Gilbert . Munro, from St. Lucia to London; and a barque, supposed to be the Joseph Weir, from Callao to Dundee. 18 40, 95 494 16 15 88 12p 62 97i 7 1100 107 8 10 73- 8 7t 35i - 2 36f 4 - 4 p 18 ld -- 7- 3 -- 7 ••• --- TO THE EDITOR OF TYE co_rresrondents, on the observe in nearly all the letters published in the Times, from numE4oll o subject of hotelkeepers, *at eatnpar;6olisi Innriably made between the hotelp in England awl those . on tae Continent. " They manage these things better in France," says Sberne, and Sterne is undoubtedly right. Our neigh bours do indeed manage these things far better than we d o i n England. Permit me, Sw . , to draw your attention also to another subject, one which concerns not merely the comfort Qt tho passing stranger, who can pay, but one which is of the highe4, impertanep tfi m4nkind in general. The rich and the poop, the fattier and the [ the husband and the wife, the brother and the sister, *4s.e 4,9114 hife"9l;ed in this T 1,9 An d Well, as it at present exists , `lihiglapd s greatest curse. p, word, Sir, I allude to the law, as it now debt I have been led to stands, of imprisonment iv, •t .* , • • these reflections and induced to make these observatien& from the comparisons which have been drawn between our own country and France, and more especially owing to cartain circumstances which have passed under my own personal observation within the last few days, and which I never could have believed possible would be sanctioned by the Legislature of any Christian country ; but before I enter on this particular subject I wish to draw your attention to the wisdom and humanity of the laws of France as regards debtor and creditor. In France, if a creditor is desirous of imprisoning his debtor, he can do so ; but it must be at his own expense. The law of France does not allow him to do it at the public expense. The view wisely taken by the law as regards debtor and creditor in the Code de Napoleon is, that if a creditor allow a man to incur debt and chooses to arrest him, he, the creditor, must bear all expenses of the incarceration of his debtor. He is, moreover, com pelled to allow him, if in Paris, thirty francs per mensem, if in the country twenty-eve francs, and the money must be deposited in advance quarterly, on the incarceration of the prisoner, and always paid in advance, in default of which the debtor is immediately liberated. How dif ferent is the law in England ! If a creditor throws his unfortunate debtor into prison, the burden of the ex pense falls upon the public. Will any one believe that the expense of maintaining debtors and keeping up the establishment of the Queen's Prison actually costs the country 28,000/. per annum 1 What an immense saving would be effected to this country if some wise and pa triode statarean were to bring in a bill to amend the present law 9f imprisonment for debt, by adopting the French law, and making the creditor support his debtor, instead of allowing them to throw the burthen on the public. Again, observe how merciful is the law in France as regards aged prisoners. No sooner has the prisoner completed his 69th year than the doors of his prison are thrown optin, and the aged prisoner is free to go forth, and devote, if so inclined, the remainder of his life to the service of his God, and to offer up his daily prayer and thanksgiving . to the Almighty that he was born a Frenchman, for, .149,4 he been an 4nglish man, he might have languished in jail until he had attained his 100th year. Sir, I am well aware how valuable are the columns of your paper, and how necessary it is to be brief ; but a circumstance has lately occurred in this prison which I consider it a, duty to lay before the public, more especially as no notice has yet been taken of it by any of the public journals. On the 24th of the last month a lady, aged 76 years, was brought to the Queen's Prison a prisoner, for what is termed contempt of court. She was arrested in Gloucestershire, and had never been 10 miles from her native place. She was perfectly ignorant of the cause of her arrest, and quite unable to afford any information as to the questions put to her respecting the lease of a cottage which some one laid claim to, and in which cot tage it appeared she had lived for the last 40 years. She was arrested and brought here, and being iu extreme bad health, the fatigue made her worse, and in three weeks she breathed her last. An inquest was held on her body, and a verdict of death from English cholera recorded, but no report of this circumstance has appeared in any of the papers, although it was considered a very sus picious case, and occasioned much talk in the prison. Another case occurred a ,short time since of a person dying in the prison, aged 91' years, under the most cruel and distressing circumstances, and I am acquainted with a gentleman who has for many years been incarcerated in this prison who has stated to me that when his daugh ter was at the point of death she expressed an earnest desire once more to see her father. Application was made to the highest authorities in the law for permission to allow this unfortunate man to go under the custody of a beeper to see his child for the last time. Will it be credited that, in a Christian country, this application was barbarously refused ? Another ease is that of a gentle man, confined many years, whose mind, unable to bear up against so much complicated misery, went raving mad a short time since, and was taken to Bedlam, where he now remains. I could recount many similar cases, but my pen re fuses- to trace such scenes of misery. Humanity cries aloud that deeds such as these should be put a stop to. You, Sir, can do much towards it by exposure. Let but the law of France, as regards debtor and creditor, be come the law of England, and the result will be an im mense saving to the country, for few creditors will con sent to pay 3s. per day to support their debtor in prison. The effect will be to restore to liberty thousands of un happy persons now in captivity ; and, lastly, it will in flict a great moral lesson upon all vindictive creditors, by teaching them that in encouraging persons to run into debt, they must bear in mind the fact, that although they have the power to incarcerate their debtors, the ex pense of supporting them will fall upon their own shoul ders, and that the public will no longer be taxed for that purpose.—l am, Sir, your most obedient servant, ONE WHO HAS SEEN THESE THINGS. TILE EAST INDIA AND CHINA MAIL. The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Com pany's ship Ripon, Captain R. Moresby, 1.N., arrived at Southampton yesterday, with the heavy portion of the East India, China, and Mediterranean mails, in charge of Lieut. Reid, R.N., Admiralty agent, and dates from Alexandria, 6th ; Malta, 10th ; and Gibraltar, 15th inst. The Ripon brings 82 passengers. In the Mediterra nean she experienced fine weather, but along the coasts of Spain and Portugal strong south-westerly gales, and northerly winds in the Channel. From Gibraltar we have accounts to the 15th inst. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Euxine, 6 days from Southampton, with the outward India mail of the 4th inst., arrived there on the 10th en route to Malta and Gibraltar. The screw steamer Balbec, 14 days from Kertch, 10 from Constantinople, and 5 from Malta, touched at Gibraltar on the 12th inst., on her way to Liverpool. The screw steamer Calpe, 6 days from Liverpool, arrived on the 12th, and cleared for Genoa and Leghorn. The screw steamer Genova, four days from Marseilles, also arrived on the 13th instant, bound to Liverpool. The steamer Sultan, with the out ward Peninsular mails of the 7th inst., from Southamp ton, arrived on the 14th inst., and, having been placed in quarantine, was to leave on the 15th at midnight, for Cadiz, Lisbon, Oporto, Vigo, and Southampton. The screw-steamer Frankfort, from Leghorn, and Palermo, arrived on the 13th inst., and proceeded to Liverpool. Her Majesty's steamsloop was in the Bay. The steamer Elbe arrived on the 15th from Lisbon and Cadiz, and left the same evening for Malaga and Marseilles. The French war steamer Petrel was lying at Gibraltar, having come over from Algeciras, on the 15th. The American ship Julia Howard, for Philadelphia, and the French ship Le Flandre, for Sydney, sailed on the 15th. The following notice relative to the absurd system of quarantine on the Spanish coast was issued at Gibraltar on the 13th inst.:— " Secretary's-office, Gibraltar, Oct. 13. " The Board of Health of this city met this day, in consequence of the receipt of a letter from the Governor of Cadiz, addressed to his Excellency Lieutenant-Gene ral Sir R. Gardiner, relative to the steam-packet Iberia having been refused admittance there, in consequence of the port of Southampton having been reported foul ; the board decided there was no foundation for this re port, the Iberia have brought a clean bill of health from Southampton, eonfirmatory of the port not being even suspected, and later intelligence has been received that good health is still enjoyed there. The board do not think it necessary to alter the present quarantine. " By command, " G. ADDERLEY, Colonial Secretary." ACCIDENT ON THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY.- Yesterdky morning a shocking accident occurred to Charles Cheater, an eleettic telegraph runner, on the Great Northern Railway. It appears that a message was sent by Mr. Woolley, of the Peterborough station, to the station inspector at King's-cross, about something amiss with a down train. The runner in taking th 3 message ran across the rails, and. the 8.30 train coming in knocked him down, and the wheels of the engine (No. 1) went over his left foot, crushing it in a most dreadful manner, and otherwise injuring him. He was at once taken to the Royal Free Hospital, Gray's-inn road, when Mr. Thomas Wakley, who was in atter d ance, skilfully amputated the foot. It was feared that on account of the severity of the injuries sustained, Cheater could not have survived the operation, but he is, happily, going on well under the able supervision of the hospital authorities. THE FATAL COLLISION ON THE MIDLAND RAILWAY. —The adjourned inquest to ascertain the cause of the late accident on the Midland Railway, which occasioned the death of one man, and seriously injured 14 others, was concluded on Wednesday, at the Town-hall, Derby. The Coroner (Mr. Portmore) in his address to the jury, told them, that if the persons concerned had no business to go on the wrong line at all, or had not acted with sufficient caution, they were guilty of manslaughter. The jury adopted this view, and gave a verdict of man slaughter against Samuel Kent, the guard, and George Cawood and John Smeeton, drivers. The jury added to their verdict a recommendation, that, in the event of any future accident on the line, a man should be sent to assist or remove obstruction, giving their opinion, that if this had been done on the present occasion, the acci dent would not have occurred. In conclusion, the jury expressed their opinion that the rules of the company were good, if strictly adhered to, and they recommended the directors to enforce attention to them in future. MIXED MARRIAGES.—The Clonmel Chronicle says, "It has been currently reported that the Roman Catholic prelates decided, at the late Thurles conclave, to admit of no more mixed marriages. They will not perform the marriage ceremony between any member of their faith and that of the Protestant Church. We give this as it has reached us from one who was trying the experiment." THE PROBATE AND LEGACY DIITIES.—From a return to Parliament it appears that in last year, ending the sth of January, the revenue derived froni probate and legacy stamps amounted to 2,418,5171. IMPORTANT PROPOSALS FOR THE DRAINAGE OF LONDON. speci4l Court of Sewers was held yesterday at the principal office, Greek-street, Soho.sqnare, for the pur tKM 01 receiving reports from Mr. Bazalgette, the en gineer to the commissioners, on the northern high level intercepting sewer, and on the Surrey and Kent drain age ; also for the purpose of receiving the reports of the consulting engineerio, Sir W. Cubitt and Mr. Robert Stephenson 4 ALP., relating to the same. Present—Mr. Ijehb (chairman), Col. Dawson, Mr. L. Redhead, and mt. G. S. Smith. The QHATRMAN, in openiug the proceedings, stated these very important reports upon works which were greatly required Liktt been attentively considered at two previous i,o*nmtttee meetings, and were now presented 'o,F.o.le.aimroval of the court. Mr. Wc,outycH then 'read the following reports : NORTH SIDE OF THE THAMES. "HACKNEY BROOK" OR NORTHERN HIGH LEVEL MER. CEPTING SEWER. REPORT OF UR. RAZILLGE - rm. "The `Hackney Brook or northern high level intercept ing sewer' is one of those urgent works, for the immediate execution of which you have recently applied to Parlia ment for powers to borrow money; nor can the importance of this sower, in considering the drainage of the metropo lis, be over-estimated. It will divert the whole of the sewage and flood-waters of 14 square miles of the upper districts from the low districts, and from the river Thames, thereby reducing the sizes and cost of construction of the sewers in the low districts, and preventing the destruction of property by floods as at present. " For instance the Fleet sewer is now overcharged by the amount of drainage falling into it ; it is uncovered for a great part of its length, through a dense population ; and, in other places, it has fallen in, and has been temporarily repaired; but the commissioners have never been able to apply an effectual remedy to it, on account of its present defective route, and the enormous cost of rebuilding so large a sewer in a more direct line through a crowded popub,, ticn ; and as it has always been intended ultimately to divert its contents from the Thames, such a volt could only have been of a temporary character ; whereas n 0, ,, by the diversion of the upland drainage, these diffir:l at i es will all be removed, and it and many similar sewer'', reduced to economical and permanent works. " The amount of drainage received by th!, d upper line , will govern. the sizes of the lower lines o f i n t ercep ti ng sewers.; and as Parliament has now 'ianctioned the con struction of a tunnel railway alon^,6 the New-road, which lines intercept our present mail, of sewers, and neces sitate the immediate const ; action of an intercepting sewer along its route, this r.: ,per line is rendered the more imme diately imperat‘ive. " Tipper sewer will be in itself a complete a nd per work, and independent of any other intercepting sewer; it will afford an advantageous means of flushing and cleans ing the sewers in all the lower districts above which it passes, and thus improve their drainage ; and it will re lieve the neighbourhoods of Stoke Newington, Kingsland, Clapton, and Hackney, from the nuisance of an offensive open sewer known as the ' Hackney Brook,' and the latter places from frequent inundations. " The route of this work, which I have now to submit for your oonsideration, commences with a sewer 4' 6" in diameter, by a junction with the 4 feet circular sewer now constructing by Messrs. Rigby as the outfall for the Hamp stead drainage, in the line of the open Fleet sewer ; its inclination being lin 72. It passes along Gordon House lane, crosses the Highgate-road at an inclination of 1 in 134, and intercepts the second branch of the Fleet sewer, being at this point 6 feet 9 inches in diameter. It then passes across the fields into the Tufnel Park-road, turns down the Holloway-road to its junction with the Tolling , ton-road; at this point its sine is increased to IC' 6" in diameter, and it is laid at such a level as to enable it to receive a branch from the Edgware-road and Regent's-park, diverting the waters of the upper portion of the Ranelagh and Kings' Scholars' Pond sewers, and again intercepting the Fleet sewer at Kentish Town. From the Hollo- way-road, it passes under the Great Northern Railway, and New River cut, taking nearly the same direction as the present open Hackney Brook sewer, for which it will act as a substitute, and falling at an inclination of 1 i n 476 to the High-street, Stoke Newington, where its size is increased to 11' 6" in diameter. It then passes along the Rectory and Amherst Roads to Church-street, Hackney ; and from this point it is increased to 12' 6" in diameter, and its inclination is one in 1,320. Thence it crosses under the East and West India Dock Railway, along Albion road, West-street, and through the Victoria Park, and under Sir George Duckett's Canal, up to which point it is kept to such a level that it may be carried over or under the River Lea navigation; or the sewage may be diverted from the point at Sir George Duckett's Canal down below the Lea navigation, at Four Mills, retaining the present as a flood outlet ; or the point selected would afford an ad vantageous position for the erection of sewage manure works. With all these alternatives held in view, it is proposed for the present to terminate this work with two parallel culverts, each 7 foot 6 inches in height by 8 feet in width, discharging into the River Lea a t th e presen t Hackney Brook outfall. This sewer is kept at such a level (for the purpose of being carried over or under the River Lea, and discharging at high water by g-avitation) that a portion of the drainage of the Hackney Marshes cannot be turned into it ; this must either drain into the Lea, as pro posed by Mr. Forster, or eventually be carried into the low level sewer, to be raised by pumping. " It is further proposed to fix tide-gates at the mouth of the present Hackney Marsh open sewer, to prevent the in gress of the tide, and by this means, and the diversion of the upland sewage from it, to prevent the floods to which the Hackney Marshes are now subjected. "The estimated cost of the whole of this work, from Kilburn and Hampstead to the River Lea, and a branch to Four Mills, will be about 271,2901., and the probable cost of that part of it which it is now proposed to execute will be about 181,2901. " I submit herewith a section of the proposed sewer, a map showing its direction by the red lino marked upon it, and the branch from the Ranelagh sewer, and the alter native outlets proposed to be added to it hereafter, by dotted lines ; the areas which would drain into this sewer being coloured yellow upon the map, and amounting to about 8,913 acres, or 14 square miles." REPORT OF SIR WILLIAM CUBITT. " In submitting to you this report on a most importan section of the metropolitan drainage, I have to express my regret at the absence of my friend and coadjutor, Mr. Robert Stephenson, who has formerly given so much at tention to the subject, but the advantage of whose assist ance and co-operation I hope to have in tho further consi deration of the southern district, which now engages my attention, and also in the investigation of the remaining portion of the north of Thames drainage, whenever that portion of the general scheme may come under our con sideration. " Relative to the drainage of the district now under consideration, I have at various times been consulted by your engineer during the progress of his investigations, and have much satisfaction in referring to his repori, which you have heard read, for the details of the measure. " I beg to state that I entirely concur in that report, the clear statement in which, of the general advantages of the plan, and of the particular means of carrying it into effect, renders my drawing this report a very easy task. " The scheme, although a portion only of the north of Thames drainage, is a perfect measure of itself; and hav ing most important objects to effect, it cannot, in my opinion, be set about too soon, particularly as its execu tion will in no way affect or be affected by any other of the districts to be drained subsequently (except as it may render them easier to execute and less is cost) ; and I most strongly recommend that the matter be not carried out piecemeal, but that the whole district comprised in Mr. Bazalgette's report extending from the Ranolagh sewer in the Kilburn-road on the welt to the Old Ford on the River Lea at the east, should be considered as one measure, and, so far as is practicable, carried out at one time. " Having thus far approved the plan, the next consi deration is the cost. " I have most carefully gone over the estimates prepared by the engineer, the prices of which are guided in a great degree i v works of the same kind recently executed, and at this time in progress for the commissioners, to which ready per centages are added for contingencies and com pensations, for which no exact estimate can be made. The total amount, as shown by the estimate, is 271,290/. ; but reasoning feom analogy in similar cases, I strongly recom mend that the probable total cost of this measure should not be stated, or at least I do not think myself safe in stating it, at less than 300,0001. " It has been urged, and that by an authority entitled to the highest respect, that the drainage works on the south side of the Thames are deserving of the first con sideration ; but at the time that opinion was expressed, the surveys for the district forming the subject of this report were in a much more forward state than those for the south of the Thames ; and, moreover, as this (the Hackney Brook district) forms an integral work of itself, it was deemed best to complete and submit the report thereon. " The surveys and levels sufficient for determining the plan and estimate for the drainage south of the Thames, both on the high and low level, are now ready, and a re port and estimate for the whole of that district can be ready within a fortnight from this time ; and then a safe and correct judgment may be formed as to the best mode of proceeding to carry any poi ;;ion of works into effect. " The peculiarities of the works on the north and south sides of the Thames, respectively, are as follows—that whereas the works on the north side of the Thames, com prised in this report, although for a portion only of the metropolis on that side, form a scheme complete in itself, and will immediately answer their full purpose when finished, on the south side, no one section can be made to answer its full purpose till the whole be completed, as will appea r when the plans, showing the nature, extent, and cost of the works, are ready to be submitted to the com missioners. e n p g t n e g a d drl ir M eaa in f r; e B o nua concurrence b z t a iht l e g t es northernt t r ee' inms atrhkes report mvu a o iper n owgn t i Bah it,ce oo nf s l u vL b ehoy j an e ev c dde t nt lf , REPORT OP ROBERT STEPHEN SON, M.P. a n n H t e a r v c i a ex n p d r a e l s s s o m Si y r e W nt i i l both these documents. "I am glad that the Commissioners of Sewers are at last placed in a position to commence an improved system of sewerage for the metropolis ; but I cannot help feeling that the limited powers which have been obtained for bor rowing money are totally inadequate for the purpose of producing such an improvement as is really called for. The work proposed by your engineer, and sanctioned by Sir William Cubitt, is undoubtdly a step in the right direc tion ; but its effect will scarcely be felt if not followed up by similar designs, of much greater magnitude, both on the north and south sides of the Thames. The latter demands immediate attention, for the drainage through Bermond sey, Lambeth, and Southwark, is deplorably bad, and such as could not fail to aggravate the consequences of any epi demic with which it may be visited. Knowing, as I do, how completely the efforts of the commissioners have been hitherto crippled, and how unjustly they have been o d no to public obloquy by the clamour of parties whoer take thte understand the difficulties of the question, .11 would suggest to the commissioners the eo P p rehensive scale, trouble of making themselves acquaitnht:dweptrisietthyeeffactthse,ilr preparing plans and estimates, amount absolutely required for rendering to be laid before Parliament noenxtsesiotnce the metropolis what it should be. showing e t the d e f i n p a t r h a w m a e y n o t your obtaining powers dui 1,200,030 i., show clearly that for even so moderate a r the "The difficulties which public understood the mo.gni. neither Parliament s u e : t in h e t o l a h s t a s v e e s i t rn tude of the subjec t n a o s I aui within the mark when I say that fully ten times this amount will ba required to put the drainage of London into a proper condition. SOUTH SIDE OF THE THAMES. SURREY AND KENT DRAINAGE. REPORT OF MR. BAZALGETTE. " Pursuant to your instructions of the 20th ult., I have, .in consultation with Sir William Cubitt, prepared a de sign for a high level or catchwater sewer ; which, in con junction with the low level sewer (the plans for which have already been laid before you), will complete the main fea tures of a design for the effectual drainage of the metropo litan districts on the south side of the Thames, and the di version of the sewage to a lower point in that river ; whence it will admit of still further removal from the metropolis, as soon as the commissioners shall be enabled to carry out the necessary works. " In preparing this design, it has been sought, as far as practicable, to comply with the resolutions of the commis sioners in 1850, communicated to their engineer, the late Mr. Forster, on the subject of the main drainage; and in describing the proposed scheme, it will be necessary, first, to call your attention to the natural features of the district to be drained, which is represented by the portions re spectively coloured green, pink, and blue upon the accom panying map, and which covers an area of about 24 square miles. _ _ " The urban districts and more closely populated suburbs are bounded on the north by the riwer Thames, on the east by the river Ravensbourne, and e n the west by the river Wandle; the southern boundary being a summit, or water shed level, about Mitcham, Streatham, Norwood, and Sydenham. The river Thames now receives the drainar ge of this district from the:Heathwall, the Effra, the Bat t l e _ bridge, the Great St. John's, the Duffield, the Ea :7 4 an d several minor sewers, along its course, for a ler,gth of 11 miles, between, the outlets of the rivers Wardle and Ra vensbounae. It is not proposed to intercept the rainfall upon the lands adjoining these two lareA.nientined rivers; they will continue to receive it as heretofore. But it is proposed to divert from those lanr! s , as far as practicable, the drainage of such roads and:eniklings as may be built upon them. " The northern half of districts coloured, pink a- the entire area, comprising the ur ban, and its general P: ar e blue upon the map, is high-water to 6 fes", varies . from the lev e l of Trinit y mostly doubtless, at one period, bes bel ow it . This tract h as, names, alt 'n a marsh covered by the waters of the basement-, c ough many of the houses upon it have now Tsae - so an t d cellars below the ground. se!...eirb u hern half, coloured green upon the map, is an, and its surface falls rapidly towards its northern or lower margi n , from an e l eva ti on o f 350 f eet hi g h er ; so that, during h e avy rains, from the floods the whole of the upper district descend with great rapidity into the sewers of the two lower districts • and the mouth s o f th ose se w e rs being closed by th e waters; in the Thames for about eight hours each tide, the sewers themselves moreoverin sufficient to store th e s t orm waters the being during that period the lower districts ,ar e flooded.result is, that "It will be evident that it is imp ossible maintain to a continual and unintermitting fl ow in the sewers of the tw o lower districts, or to drain the c e ll ars an d subsoil, and make them dry and healthy, without the aid of pumpins. " The first object, therefore, has been, so t o interce pt the waters from the suburban, or high district, as to carry off the largest possible amount by gravitation ; and having thus relieved the low districts from periodical inundations whereby their size is reduced to a manageable limit, to deal with them as hereinafter described. " The high level intercepting sewer commences at the north-west corner of Clapham-commas, being of the ordi nary form. (3' x2' 6"), and falling at the rate of lix 341 to its, junction with its northern branch, at the point marked B on the accompanying map ; its route to this point beins. through Clapham Park-road, Acre-lane, and Cold Harbour-lane, where it intercepts the Effra Sewer near the Brixton-road, its size increasing in proportion to the amount of drainage to be received by it, up to 9 feet 6 inches in diameter at the point B, where it receives the drainage from 2,200 acres. From this point the main line falls as the rate of 1 in 1,760, or 3 feet per mile, to its out let. And from the junction with the northern branch to the junction with the southern branch, viz.,— between B and D, it is twelve feet in diameter, and drains 3,500 acres, its direction being through Cold Harbour-lane, Love-walk, and fields to the point D, in the Lyndhurst-road, where it receives the southern branch. From this point to the outlet, it is increased to two parallel culverts, each 11 feet in diameter, passing mainly through fields and garden ground, and under the Brighton and North Kent Railways, near New-cross stations, to the mouth of the Ravensbourne, at Deptford creek, into which it will discharge the drainage from 7,850 acres by gravitation, at high water of the highest tides. " The northern branch commences with a sewer 4 feet in diameter, by a junction with an existing sewer in Rectory. grove, Clapham ; and it falls at an inclination of 1 in 175, through Larkhall-lane to Union-road. Here it increases to 6 feet in diameter, and falls to its junction with the main line at the point B, in Cold Harbour-lane, at the rate of 1 in 1,472, again intercepting the Effra sewer at a lower point in the Brixton-road, and draining 650 acres through a seven feet sewer. " The southern branch, or Effra diversion, commences by a junction with the Efrra sower at Croxted-lane, near Dulwich. It falls, at an inclination of from Ito 273 to 1 in 100, in a direct line, to its junction with the main sewer at the po int D, in the Lyndhurst-road ' being 9 feet in diameter, and receiving the dr a ina g e from 3,100 acres. " These branches are important parts of the high level sewer, and without them it will not answer. In particular the southern branch will save the covering of an equal length (about 2 miles) of the present open Effra sewer, the waters of which, instead of descending by a circuitous route, and with a flat gradient, into the lower districts, will be diverted at a high level to a point nearer the out -fall ; and thus the size and cost of the upper portion of the main line will be reduced to one-half of what would other wise be required, whilst a deep outfall for a new district now subjected to floods, namely, Dulwich, will be pro " Taking the more comprehensive view of the drainage of the whole area, it is proposed to extend and slightly alter the design for the low level sewer laid before the committee, on the 20th ult., so as to include the drainage of Battersea and Battersea-fields. The present scheme commences with a circular sewer, 5 feet in diameter, at the level of the bed of the Falcon-brook, Battersea. It passes along Battersea road, under the South-Western Railway, along Priory road, Lansdowne-road, and the Clapham-road, to St. Mark's Church, Kennington-common ; up to which point its inclination will be one in 1,760, or three feet per mile, and its size will then have been increased to 8 feet in dia meter. From this point it proceeds in the direction of Mr. Forster's line, by the side of the Surrey Canal to Old Kent-road, at an inclination of 1 in 2,212, or 2 feet 6 in. per mile ; being at this point 9 feet in diameter. It then proceeds along the Old Kent-road, in Cold Blow lane, where it leaves Mr. Forster's lino ; taking a direct course across the fields and market gardens, under the Brighton and North Kent-railways, along New Douglas street, and Griffin-street, to High-street, Deptford ; its in clination for this length being 2 feet per mile, or 1 in 2,640 ; and its size 13 feet in diameter. Up to this point it receives the drainage from 4,450 acres, coloured pink upon the map. At High-street, Deptford, its size is in creased to 12 feet in diameter, being intended, eventually, to receive here an important branch sewer from the lower Deptford-road, which will divert from the Thames the drainage of about 3,300 acres, coloured blue upon the map. The main line then passes between the Gas and Vitriol Works, near the Greenwich Railway, and under Deptford Creek to a vacant piece of ground, well adapted for a pumping -station, or for sewage manure works, or for con tinuing the lino at some future time further eastward. " The lift from the bottom of the sewer to Trinity high water ma, k, would here be 30 feet ; and from 1,500 to 2,000 horse-power would have to be provided at the pump ping station. " The lengths of the proposed sewers would be as fol low :—High Level Sewer, main line, 6 miles 2 furlongs; north branch, 2 miles ; south branch, 2 miles 1 furlong : total, 10 miles 3 furlongs. Low Level, main lice, 7 mil es 4 furlongs; north branch, 2 miles 3 furl on g s ; total, 9 mi l es 7 furlongs. Grand total, 20 miles 2 furlongs. " The sections of these sewers a r e of a favourable cha racter : their inverts generally average from 20 to 30 feet below the surface ; and a very small portion of the work will have to be tunelled. " Careful attention has been paid to the character of the surface under which the sewers aro to be constructed ; private property and houses have been avoided as much as possible; but, owing to the streets being irregularly laid out, it has not been practicable to effect this altogether, and in such cases the comparative value of the property has been duly considered. " It will be observed that, to save the permanent cost of pumping, the gradients of the low level sewer have been re duced ; but the increase in the size of a sewer compensates for a loss of fall and the sewers will s till ma i nta i n, through their whole length, a velocity of current varying from 1 to 2 miles per hour, with the ordinary flow of sewage, and during rains that velocity will bo increased. In this sewer there will be a constant current of a largo body of water, so that the average velocity will be suffi cient to keep it clear from ordinary deposit ; but there will also be a good opportunity of flushing it, together with the other sewers in this district, from the catchwater sewer and the Thames at high water. " The minimum velocity of current in the high level sewer will be about 2i m il es per hour • ; whilst at the upper end it will be considerably more. " The sizes of the sewers now proposed are larger than any heretofore re commended to the commissioners ; and I would here beg leave to refer to that part of the report of Mr. Haywood and myself, on the Great London Drainage Scheme, contained iu page 23, wherein we argue— " ' That the drainage of those portions of the metropolis at present requiring a deeper outfall, must not bo made dependent upon any scheme of interception, unless such• scheme is adequate to carry off the rainfall as well as the sewage from them. It, therefore, follows, that whatever scheme of interception is eventually adopted, if it be short of such capacity, the sewerage and drainage of the metro polis must be perfected and completed independently of it.' " If this seasoning be sound, it is manifestly more eco nomical to construct one work which will answer every purpose, than to complicate it by the execution of dupli cate sewers, in order to gain the same object which Islay obtained by one ; and it remains only to show s wel l these sewers are sufficient to carry off the rainfall, v as the sewage, from the districts for which they will be the outfall, amounting t o 30 "An average of an annual rainfall am oun would inches, added to the maximum daily flow of n sewag e, u dis give only 3,000 cubic feet per minute upo p t per whilst trier, and 4,000 cubic feet upon the lower th e t d e l one or two extraordinary thunderstorms, amou nts h7,wover, generally inches in an hour, are recorded ; these, ound absorbs and occur during the hot seasons, when 9. 2 ,e_g i r in. Such storms the air evaporates a large potion J a w. small district at one are generally partial, covering u btion so that the whole of time, and are never of long dare ; the 'district do not reach the waters that have fe.lion r upe e l storm has abated ; and the outfall sewer until after being pre-occupied at the small portion only of the tester the remaining portion for commencement of the s ters A heavy anl floe( wa • orm some time stores the ,zobably the most severe ordeal to rain of long durationl subjected, when the roundg and the which sewers are to their full extent, e charge d absorption and air having becom • ti on a bstract , but little from the sewers, a n d th e feeder sewe rs evapoi a having also become charged, wo u ld b e deli veriug to their full extent. " The largest quantity of rain which fel l during the wet season of 18 . :2 day in L ondon in one measured 1 inches, but storms amounting to 2i inches in a occurrence, have been recorded , and day, alth - ough of rare into the high level sewer 45,000 cubic these would deliver it is capable of discharging feet per minute, wLilst level sewer will discharge 21 ?wards of 46,000. The low it is here proposed that the 00 . cubic feet per minute, and districts shoal.' ac t existing main sewers in the low as resery • storms. From their ens during such extraordinary construction and the remarkable flat ness of their level, they • are peculiarly adapted to this ob ject ; a n d i t would stor e is estimated that, on these occasions, they the surplus floods without the rising of the lat ter to an inconvenie n t height, and would again deliver their contents into the Thames at low water, or into the inter cepting sewer 34 it became free to receive them. Thus the ' provision of engine power for such rare occasions would be saved, and the existing sewers made available. "At present it would perhaps be premature to enter into the details of this scheme ; but there are two important points which will require your early attention, viz., the engines to be employed, a n d th e mode of ventilation of the sewers. I would, therefore, suggest that I should be autho rised, at an early opportunity, to visit some of the best and most efficient pumping and ventilating establishments, and report to you further on these subjects. " The estimated cost of this work will be as follows : High-level Sewer. £. £. .. 195;600 20,400 42,000 Main line North branch South branch 258,030 Low-level Sewer. Main line - -•- - - - 140,000 North branch Engines, pumps, &c. Land, building, &c., requi•fed for the per manent establishment, 100,000 379,000 Total £637,000 REPORT OF TrAE CONSULTING ENGINEERS, SIR W. CUBITT AND MR. STEPHENSON, M.P. " We :rave now the honour to report to you our opinion upon true plans, report, and estimate of Mr. Bazalgette, your engineer, for the entire and effective drainage of the to:etropolis south of the Thames. " During the period in which Mr. Bazalgette has been engaged in collecting the facts and materials necessary to enable him to report on this important measure, we have had various opportunities of advising with him on the sub ject, and of making such suggestions as appeared to either of us necessary for more efficiently carrying it into effect ; so that, in fact, the report of- your engineer, having our entire concurrence in its principle and details, may almost be conaisipred (the amount of the estimate excepted) as the report elf your consulting engineers also. Neverkheless, although agreeing with the report, we think it advisible to accompany our approval with a brief statement of the out lines of the project. " The object of the measure, as stated more in detail in the report of your acting engineer, is to drain, take off, or intercept all the rain-water and sewage which now falls into the Thames, from the district which lies between the rivers Wandle and Ravensbourne, and does not at present fall into those rivers, the whole of which comprises an area of at least 24i square miles, or 15,680 acres, of one-half of which the rainfall can b e intercepted and taken off by gravitation; but the other, or lowest half, the greater part of which lies below high-water level, would have to be pumped up and delivered into the river at some point belowiLondon—say Deptford Creek—in the first instance, and subsequently at some point lower down the river, should such an extension be deemed advisable. " It maybe here observed, that the pumping station at Deptford Creek would afford a most excePent situation for the manufacture of ' sewage manure,' by which means the sewage-water would be deodorized and delivered into the Thames, divested of its most offensive and deleterious mat ters, which by that process would (as is affirmed) be sepa rated and converted into a most valuable product fcir agri cultural purposes. " To prevent mistakes and apprehensions on the vast subject of draining this great metropolis, and particularly as regards its cost, we deem it proper to state in this place that, the special object of this report is not the sewerage,' properly so called, of the metropolis south of the Thames, but in reality the construction of a work by means of which the sewerage of the southern portion of London may be freed from flooding in the first place, and well drained in the next—in short, to produce the same effect that would be produced by raising the land on the south side of the metropolis twenty feet; in which case every main sower could discharge itself into the river, either deodo rized or not, as might be deemed advisable, without pumping, and the cos t o f sewerage would be the expense of the sewers only to effect the drainage of the basements of all the houses ; and the whole expense of what is herein recommended, is the construction of a set of under ground main intercepting drains or arteries,' sufficiently low to do that by the artificial means of pumping which the Thames cannot do of itself by natural means ; and it follows, of course, that the cost of putting things in this position, and constructing this • arterial drainage,' is altogether over and above the usual cost and expenses of carrying into effect the sewerage of a town, a circumstance which cannot, in our judgment, be too strongly impressed upon the minds of those who are crying out (and certainly not without reason) for improved sewerage ; for supposing that the arterial drainage,' with its plant cf steam engines and pumps, cost, in the whole, three-quarters of a million sterling, it will probably cost another quarter to complete the ' sewerage' of the district even as it now exists, leaving alone further extensions of the southern portions of the metropolis. " Now, looking to the fact, that no real benefit can be derived till the plan be fully carried out to the extent only as herein contemplated, and that the sooner it can be done the better, the question is, can 750,000/. be raised forthwith to complete this 'arterial drainage,' and secured by special rates upon the whole district to which it equally applies, leaving the raising and expending of money for the common sewerage to be managed as at present in the different districts ; the first would be a uniform and stand ing rate for a given long period, till the sum borrowed was paid off with interest, which would be followed by a small uniform rate, to cover the current expense of pumping, &c. ; and the second, a rate varying both in district and amount, according to the wants and current expenditure of the district in which the new sewers or other works are situated. The raising of the funds necessary to carry any mea sure of this kind into effect, and securing the repayment, is of equal, or perhaps even of greater importance than the measure itself, and cannot, in our opinion, be too strongly impressed upon the commissioners, and by them upon that department of the Government with'which such matters rest ; but we again repeat our opinion, that the capital to be raised for the arterial drains, such as the Hackney Brook Sewer, on which we have already re ported, on the north of the metropolis, and the high and low level arterial drains on the south, should be consi dered as separate and distinct, both in the mode of raising and rating, and aiso of the repaying money, from that for the common sewers, which are made to discharge into the arterial drains." On the motion of Colonel DAWSON, seconded by Mr. REDHEAD, the reports were adopted unanimously, and ordered to be printed. The CHAIRMAN said that the large amount of the esti mates for these important works was evident, but at pre sent the commissioners had not the means of carrying the whole into effect, inasmuch as their borrowing powers were not sufficient. During the last session, however, they had obtained powers to the amount of 200,0001., and if they could succeed in raising the funds necessary, they proposed to commence operations on one or both of these works immediately. The system which they intended to pursue must, in a great measure, de pend upon the time in which they could raise the money, and upon the season of the year, and the commissioners did not wish to pledge themselves distinctly to anything at present, but they were most anxious to commence each of these works. The scheme for the drainage of the south district of London was bounded on the west by the Falcon-brook, which would admit of its being adapted to the system of arterial drainage. The com missioners had thought it undesirable to embarrass the report under consideration with other matters, but he wished explicitly to state that the scheme now proposed would admit of arterial drainage from the west. He also wished to make this statement, lest it might be supposed that they had neglected these very important matters. VINDICATION OF THE COMMISSION. furtherM,t observed The CH AIRMAN H S() he had not been in the habit of noticing any attacks which had hitherto been made upon the commissioners. All public officers were under the eye of the public, and they must not be too thin-skinned or take umbrage if sometimes pretty free observations were made upon them ; it was a very whole some thing, and he did not object to it if a certain amount of fairness was shown ; and, upon the whole, he did not think the Metropolitan Commissioners of Sewers, although they had received some hard knocks, need be disheartened, and he, for one, was ready for a fair stand up fight at any time. The chairman then alluded to an advertisement, complaining that the representations, in regard to the disgraceful and dangerous state of the sewerage in that parish, had been unattended to by the commissioners of sewers, that nothing had been done to remedy the evil, and that the local and parish authori ties were without power to act in any way, the jurisdic tion over them being absolutely vested in the commission ers. In reply to these assertions, the Chairman entered into a lengthened explanation to show that the commis sioners were in no way to blame. He stated that since the powers of the board came into operation on the Oth January, 1849, there had only been three rates in that district, amounting in all to 17d. in the pound, and the total amount of the rates was 4,100/., whilst, on the other hand, 3,46 6 /. h ad been ex p ended, and works were f at present in hand the contract price of which the 6d. 0 as 6,900/. The fact was that if the y continued o of the parish of Botherrs w u rate, the sewer rate, been ea to come. have five y a nticipated for four or eas el' for complaint, f r om their bein any r So far, then , d shown g the parish of Rotherhithe the commissi oners ha un d u e favour, and h e confessed he had seine apprehen sion that com p laints would be preferred from other pa rishes been unduly that Rotherhithe had their expense. He concluded b y em p h atically stating t h a t the commissioners could not take int o consideration par ticular parishes alone, but that ,their operations must be carried, irrespective of any ecclesiastical divisions. At the same time, he hoped that at the present time all public bodies would be found acting together in perfect am ity and concordance. Colonel DAWSON quite agreed with the • ' the chairman had expressed, e believed that these complaints had been made for the most part from igno• r anee and misapprehension of facts. They had always published thei r account criticism of th e s, and had challenged the fair press, and, in consequence, the tone of the latter had materially changed towards them. It had done them the justice to acknowledge that the com missioners had an arduous and gigantic duty to perform, with very Their inefficient and inadequate means. officers were not unduly renumerated, and the public were under a great obligation to them and had likewise a duty to perform, not in idly criticising their proceedings in a hostile spirit, but in assisting to obtain for them increased powers and enlarged means. In Parliament also, it had been stated that they had lost, and did not deserve, the confidence of the public, who would willingly vote 50,000/. to abolish the commission. These allegations, however, had not convinced the Go vernment of this fact, and Lord Palmerston himself bad proposed to confer upon them increased powers, and the House of Commons had actually voted them the power to raise 300,0001. of which 200,000/. was to be expended by them in addition to the ordinary purposes of the commission between the present time and next Easter. Before he sat down he would allude to the re ports which were connected with the B oard of Health, which were calculated to operate injuriously on the public mind. It appeared to him most desirable that . erwise the these reports should be discontinued, com missioners might feel it their duty ! as they did not shrink from inquiry, to bring the subject under the con e. sideration of her Majesty's Government. The Court then proceeded to the transaction of the other business upon the paper, which was merely of a routine character. rder 4 bar nited. been 10 20 20 20 ,20 20 20 10. 20 20 20 20 2 d ld 14 - P 14P 16 pl 41 i