The Express.
London, England, 1862-06-09 00:00:00

PURIFICATION OP THE WATERS OP THE
THAMES.

The following memorial concerning the revise
lion arid with:afros of the Thames waters was presented to
Sir George Grey on Tuesday:

1. Whereas the arm of the Thames and its tributaries
may be computed to contain 6,000 square miles, and ex-
tends over parte of the several oounties of Essex, Kent,
Middlesex, Surrey, Manta, Berke, Wilts, Oxon, Bucks,
Herts. Warwick, Northampton, and BedforrL
2. Whereas its highly expedient to regulate the waters
brought down by the river Thames, so that they shall be as
flt for use and as little ocritiuninated as may be, both in the
district immediately above London and in the neighbour-
hood of all towns on its banks.

3. Whereas no systematic provision has as yet been made
either for regulating the several branches of the waters in
the Thames Basin on a common plea, or for deterring the
towns on the several parts of it from casting their sewage
into the streams ; and whereas many towns situated above
the metropolis, viz., Richmond, Staines, Windsor, Maiden-
head, Henley, ReaJing, and Oxford, do so cast in the whole
or pares of their sewage.
4. Whereas it is admitted that besides the injurious pollu-
tion of the waters, waste accrues from the loss of sewage.
b. Whereas the unregulated adieu of floods inflicts da-
mage cm many lands adjoining the river, and is injurious to
th ,health of the distnet.

8. Wiereiie it is certain that these evils would be greatly
abated, and the public health improved by a more complete
and systematised management of patient, dams, and
sewers than is at present possible.
7. Whereas aloe a report on the Thames basin with
reference to these several particulars would establish prin-
ciples applicable to other new systems, and besides im-
proving the water supply of the metropolis, would yield
much information beating upon the public health, and of
service to the nation at large, and may properly be therm
fore esteemed a national object,
The undersigned solicit the government to issue a com-
minion of inquiry, or to cause full inquiry to be made in
such way as they may see St into the condition of the
Thames and its Wistarias (the immediate district of the
metropolis being excepted from such inquiry, as already
under special juisdictioe) ; to inquire what defect. elk%
and to report what remedies can be applied to such defects ;
having regard generally to all purposes by which the river
and its branches, or lends adjoining to them, may be im-
proved ; bat specially to the punlitation of the Thames
waters for the use of the metropolis sod of towns in the
Thames district, as well as the amendment of the health of
the population which adjoins them.
(Signediodna Edward Sabine, President of the Royal Society;
Murchison, Director-Gamma of the
Geologies' Survey ; Richard Owes ; C. B. Adder-
ley ; William Ilestatite, LP. • George Graham,
Regiaker-Genesal ; William Fir;, Somerset-house;
Thomas Watson, President of the Royal College of
Physicians; Nil Moot!, Y.D. ; William A. Guy,
W.ll Collage • R. Dundee Thomson, F.R.S.,
officer
.garylebone district ; James Clark ;
Robert Rawilasontmazo.E., Local Goveremeat-
office ; Stneleaki ; h ; Radnor ; Robert
Throekmortonolkokland, F ; Carnarms ;
S. Oxon ; J. Randall, A of Berke ;
Francis Jenne, Vice-Chancellor of Oxford ; Hass_q
G. Liddell, Dean of Christ Church ; Henry W.
Acland, Regius Preform of italicise ; John Phil-
lips, Professor of Geology ; B. C. Brodie, Professor
of Chemistry; William Ward, Mayor; O. J.
Sadler, Alderman and J. P. ,• Geo. P. Hester,
Town clerk ; Henry Cowpa, Mayor of Banbur7
F. L Dultwood, Kirtlington ; R. Buyou, M.P.
for Preston ; J. C. Clutterbuck, Vicar of Long
Wittenham ;J. Hyde, Mayor of Abingdon Ed-
ward Reynolds, Mayor of Wallingford ; J. ;
Hedges, Town clerk ; Hugh Pearson, Read
iog ; Edward Wells, M.D., Physician to the
Royal Berke Hospital, Reading, and Member of
the Local Board of Health ; Charles Cowan,
Physician to the Royal Barks Hospital ; R. Wood-
home, M.D., Physician to the Royal Barks Hospi•
tad ; George May, Consulting Surgeon to the Royal
Berke Hospital ; Charles Henry Hartshorne,
Rural dean, Rector of Holdenby ; William Ac-
worth, Vicar of Plumstead.
May 28.

A STRANGE STORY.

(Fran the West Surrey riffle:4

•
An application was made on Tuesday last to the
Brighton bench by a labourer named Coe, residing in Dork-
ing, for magisterial advice, under the following extraordi-
nary circumstances :—lt appeared from the statement of the
applicant, that hie daughter, a girl of 17, had been living at
Brighton for some months in the service of Mrs. Trenton-
beer., a lady who removed from this neighbourhood about
two years since. At the beginning of last week Mrs. Coe,the gars mother, received a letter from her daughter, in-
forming her that she had heard of a situation is a Roman
catholic family, and begged her mother's consent to an en-
gagement. Mrs. Coe immediately replied, and expressed
her dissent from the proposaL Another letter from the
daughter, received OD Baturday,informed her parents that she
had entered upon the duties of her new situation. The
receipt of this news induced the father to go to Brighton
tail Moo lay, with a view to take his daughter home.
He told tear his intention, and after shaking hands with
her father, the girl expressed her willingness to accomerriz
him. Al this juncture the mistress of the house appevad,
and bade him leave the area door sod go to the front one.
Here he waited for about a quarter of an hour, and was them
informed by the mistress that his daughter was not willing
to return with him, another interview with him being then
refused. The girl's father then went to the inspector of '
police, who told Coe he dare oat interfere. The father
then returned to Dorking, and on the following morning
I started again for Brighton, this time accompanied by
' his wife. Both parents went to the boom visited the day
before by the father. On this occasion the latter was denied
admission, but the mother obtained an inteview with the
girl's mistress • a Roman catholic priest, formerly a curate
in the neighbOurhood of Dorking, and a young gentleman
being also present. Mrs. Coe war assured that her daughter
was not there, that they did not know where she was, and
that she had left the house frightened became her father
had been to fetch her. The priest inquired why she wished
to take her daughter home, and ou the mother's reply-
ing because she did not wish her to become a Romeo
catholic, he angrily retorted that she was old enough to
choose her own religion, and added, " You can't take her,
she is not here." The magistrates, on hearing this state!
meet, directed an inspector to accompany the girl's parents
to the house of the metre's. This lady repeated to the
officer that she wee ignorant of the girl's whereabouts, sad
was sot aware when she left the house. The inspector de-
sired to see the other servants, sod this, although at first re-
fused, was afterwards connoted to. The domestics, like their
mistress, denied all knowledge as to where the girl then
was. Mrs. Coe thereupon begged permission to take away
her daughter's clothes, and the request being acquiesced in,
both parents returned to Dorking on the same evening. A
letter from the Brighton chief constable was received by
the girl's friends on Thomas,' morning, informing them that
up to the date of writing no trace of their daughter had
been discovered. The whole affair is evelopsd is agyetery,
the only key to its solution being that the mining
female may be eosooneed in a neighbouring tmovento=
such s. supposition is favoured by her having paid,widie in her
previous situation, sees& visits to a Roman catholio chapel
not tar distant.

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