The Express.
London, England, 1853-03-22 00:00:00

GREAT LONDON DRAINAGE BILL.

An adjourned meeting of the delegates from the
various perishes of the metropolis was held last night, at
the Minelelsone Court-house, for the purpose of discussing
the provisions of the London Drainsge BiU, now before
parliament. Mr. SICISOLAY la the chair.
Dr. SATZEL opened the discussion by observing, that the
title of the bill was a misnomer. It was a bill, not so much
for the drainage of the metropolis as for the salvage—the
Finial salvage of the sewage. It was proposed to make
two trunk teasels, one on the north and the other on the
south side of the river Thames. The length of the north
tunnel sewer would be ten miles and a half. This would be
Carried oat by about • quarter of a mile of open cutting,
sad ten miles and a quarter by under-ground tunnelling.
At the outlet, at Barking Creek, the invert of tunnel sewer
would be 65 feet below the level of Tiinity high water
mark. A pumping steam-power lilt of 42 feet would be
there established, to save the salvage sewage water,
salvage soil, and other refuse matters of the coin-
penys works. The fall within tunnel sewer would be
I feet is 1,325 feet, or 4 feet in the mile. The
dimensions of the tunnel sewer at its commencement in
Parliament-street would be 8 feet diameter, and at the out-
let of Barking Creek 10 feet. The length of the south
teasel, eornmaneing at New Bridge-street, and ending et
Greenwich Hanhes, would be 7j mile.; as its commence-
ment the dimeasioss of the tunnel would be 8 feet and at
the outlet 10 feet—the fall 4 feet to • mile. There were to
be three branch tunnels between the Thames and the main
synth tunnel sewer: one from Waterloo bridge to Newing-
ton-butts, 1 mile; one from Blackiriase-bridge to Hewing-
tos-easseway, If mile; and one from London-bridge to
Bite Anchor-lane, mile—making 3) miles of breach
Mussels. The total length of tunnelling, therefore, on both
sides of the river would be 21 miles. The sewers lying
between these *oak semen end the Thames were to be
used in the wof beds to dials off the surplus water.
This WOW show that the prepositioa of the company we.
altogether Wilmot@ Ist the eomplete and thorough
sinkage of tole metropolis. The financial part of the
Wane wee pewsto the prissipla and essence of joist-
Mat The allogdfts of a minimum dividend
was, in IleitronsiVisa, as emessulalties of enterprise. There
wee
kitred of what was valuable in the bill, however,
whis bedesirable to prows. Nothing would mo-
bilises en Mush vele, to the mellopoStas counties es the
gemmed.. of Ihe wogs med mama he egricaltand per-
Cuim. Me abeeld therefere submit a resolution to
lbst that Ibe meeting eeutempiassd with satisfaction
tie opeilleseless bejmelinment for aneat to preserve the sal-
• o` Me wow he purposes ; that this oh-
be beet by a)oint stuck compsay
inaltect supervildes I the meeting object to any gaa-
ginlee, sad that a wemiNes be appointed to watch the
1771 of the bill.
Rimanao eewmatall the mottos. He understood that
the value a the weep would be 40,0001. a year, which.'
would be sufficient to earry out the object in view.
Mr. Naaaow_ proposed as as entombment, that the present
Went being Masse ea the prised* of local self-govern-
meet, ought to be opposed by that meeting. The present
bill did net dials more than one-half the metropolis. It
did net preride la say way for the sawsgo above Wait-
esisesbn-bridge_ . It professed by it• preamble to preserve
the Rim Thames from impurity, sad yet by the 41st clause
Ws were penalties imposed if any ether river than the
liver Thames was rendered impure. This bill, therefore,
would not drain the metropolis, ace preserve the Manna
from impurities tea very things it professed to do.
out tat
Tin promoters of this bill, instead of carry-
ing the principle Missal government vitiated that prio-
ri*. It would not get rid of the present corainisdas of
sewers. The delegate., therefore, ought not to lend Mem-
entos 03 soch a scheme. (Hear, bear.)
Mr. Roans, of St. Luke's, seconded the amendment.
He did sot believe that this bill, if passed, would get rid of
the present commission of sewers. It ought to be opposed'
because It 'Misled the principle of local self-government ;
because, bet eg • company got up to promote its own In-
WOO, it asked fora guarantee of 3 per cent. What would
they think of a railway company that should ask for a
rearantm of 3 per cent. before it undertook to construct its
linos. (lion bear.) He regarded the bill as a most ob-
jectionable scheme, which ought to be resisted by ell the
ratepayers of London.
Mr. Tot mane Sur= mid he agreed in the prinstplor
enunciated by Dr. Sayer and Mr. Nelsen. bet be Wel eat
aaggeeasas either is the resolution or pis iby
than With regard to the main tunnel It huirriiver
M far as possible, and whether the sewage-W.46u that
tunnel sad the river were carried into the former ft left m
It was, it would be • great boned. He did use eheset to
the guarantee, because it was so smell i onamiut
as simpered with the advantages costarred, that
it ought not to be allowed to weigh for see
moment spinet the ananre. let be indented
that the promoters of she bill would not insist on the gas-
twee. He did not know whether that were really the
rem or aot, bet, In his °plane, the rata of one halfpenny in
the pound wee so small that it should net weigh for a ma-
Mint against the great bessfits which the measure WOlll4
wafer. He denied that the bill violated the prinsiple of'
ealtraveraatrat. It was a step in advance. It would
get rid of the Metropolitan Commission of Bowen ; it would
do for Is. 24. in the pound that which now cost them 21.1341.
In the pound. He believed that the bill would be • great
headt, and therefore he should support it. (Hear, her.)
Mr. WiLLts, of St. Pancras, said that the bill wee rightly
tithed the Gnat London Dvainage Bill, for though it might
not draia the sewage of this metropolis, it would effectually
drain the pockets of the ratepayer. (Hear, hear.) Why
alwald the ratepayersof this metropolis be mimd up with
the doiogs of a private company over which they had a.
control. If the rates of this metropolis were pledged to
guarantee 3 per nat., the promoters could raise the money
at the present rate of interest, without Ever subscribing •
penny themselves. (Hear.) This bill was the moat *bier
tiooable that was ever offered to sensible men, and they
wield deserve all the evil somsequences that would follow
from its enntment, if they did not raise their voices against
it. (Rear, hear.)
Mr. nitre (Camherwell) opposed the bill.
Mr. T. H. Surrm, of St. Pancras, support«) the bill,
Mr. Howes also opposed the bill-
Mr. Rowe, of Maryle'vo • '
Pi mid that the rate of Is. 2d.,
*bele Mr 'L •." • •
run seemed to think eo little of, would in-
"Mee the rate in that parish by 20,0001.
Mr. 7. Sac:tunas supported the bill.
The amendment was then put, when there appeared 8
br sail 9 against. The amendment was therefore lost.
Mr. II T then proposed a resolution to the effect,
that the bill, with some modifications, deserved the support
of the metropolitan parishes.
Mr. T. 3111TH roue to second the amendment, but as seve-
ral of the dell goes had left, he should prefer that the dis-
exotics in adjourned, which was agreed to.

DisAFFOILESTATION or IVlllCllWooD.—Yeeterdas,
the mieernment bill, for " Di.afforest:ng the Forest of
Wrichwood,"was printed. It is drelareil that it would be con-
ducive to the wellbeing of the neighbourhood if the forest
wuilisafforestel. By the bill rorumiwinners are to be tip-
puiated to carry out the object of the bill, to disaffirm
Whiehwood, in the county of Oxford.

AUS fItALASIAN GOLD MINING COMPANY.
Yesterday the annual meeting of this company war
hall at AS London . Mt. Buczut, Chairen.sn of the
Beard of Daveton, presiding. The attendance wile not
Irillatfolll.

The report, which was ,tabotitted, staled that the directors
had hoped to have been enabled to have met the proprietary
on this occasion with the announcement of the commence.
meat of successful operations; but they regretted that such
was not yet the cage. Since the last meeting, however,
matters had progressed. The sailing of Mr. E. Harding, as
the company's agent, for Sydney, had been reported to the
proprietors at the last meeting, via., in March ; he had
arrived out in July, and, on his arrival the local board, cuss•
sisting of four gentlemen, was formed, and the 2,000 shares
which had been reserved for the colony were distributed
among persons of influence end respectability. The es-
trosive and valuable machinery had arrived out in the•Sep-
(ember following ; and Mr. Harding's staff had, of course,
arrived with him, all in weal health. After completing
hie arrangements at Sydney, Mr. Harding and Captain
Williame (the enmpsny's mining captain) proceeded on
their survey through New South Wales; and according to
the recent (latest) aileices received, Mr. Harding had not
discovered any quart: rocks of such promise as would war-
rant his commencing extensive operations and the in-
curring of the enormous expense of transmitting the ma-
chinery up the country ; but, at the same time, he stated
in hls an letter that Captain Williams, who had been in a
more southerly direetim, had made some er.coureging ob-
servations, and that he (Mr. Harding) was about to start
to the point, for the purpose or coming to his own concha-
sious. The last sancta, therefore, afforded the hope that
favourable operations were speedily oboist to he entered
on. In this country the directors kad done what
they hai promised at the meeting in March last.
They hail obtained for the company a royal charter of incur-
potation, by which the liability of each shareholder was
limited to the amount of his share. They bad kept the ex-
penses down to the lowest point ; and by the sale of for-
feited shares between 60W. and 700!. was realised, whi.eis
would more than cover all the preliminary expenses. Up
to this point, therefore, the expenditure of capital had
been comparatively trithog,
The report was adopted.
Three retiring directors, and two retiring auditors, re-
offering themselves, were se-elected.
In passing a vote of thanks to, and confidence io, the
director's, a question was raised about the remuneration et
the board, but the chairman refused to have the point
dis-
cussed. The boned would not think of such a thing fur the
present,