The Express.
London, England, 1865-04-04 00:00:00

there will shortly be published a " Life of Mary
Antoinette," by Eugenie Empress of the French.
At the Bourse, after a good deal of fluctuation,
the market closed rather heavily. Bente for ac.
count rose 150., closing at 67fr. 75c.; for cash them
was no change. Mobilier fell 10fr. The Lyons
Railway rose 7fr. 50c.

MAIN DRAINAGE OF TIER
METROPOLIS.

COMPLETION OF THE WORKS.
(THIS DAY.)
This day the Main Drainage Works of the Metro.
polls were opened by his Royal Highness the Priam
of Wales, the whole proceedings being, if of a
singular, yet of a most interesting character.
As the works have advanced, constant sad full
notices of their progress have appeared in the
Express. It will be remembered that to carry oat
all the works, three great main lines of intercepfiag
sewers have been necessary—a high, a middle, and a
low level sewer—on each side of the Thames. It
is the Low Level at the southern 'Atha
which the Prince has opened to-day, and
all the works are now complete, save only the
Northern Low Level, which, having to run nude
the Thames Embankment, cannot, of course, b,
yet constructed. This Northern Low Level Sewer,
however, only diverts about one-seventh pert
the northern sewage, eta that virtually from this day
forth the Thames may be said to be tolerably peri.
The Prinoeembezked this morning at the Speaker's
stairs at the Houses of Parliament. The Chad
steamer was in readiness, and was neatly fitted op
with carpeting, cushions, and flags. At half.
past 10 Mr. Thwaites, chairman of the Metro.
politan Board of Works, accompanied by Mx,
Tite, M.P., and Mr. Bazalgette, the engi-
neer, came down and awaited the arrival of
his Royal Highness. Ou the terrace, there
assembled shortly afterwards several peers and
members of parliament, amongst whom were the
Duke of Sutherland, the Archbishop of Ceuta.
bury, the Archbishop of York, the Bishop
of London, the Bishop of Oxford, Earl Stale
hope, the Marquis of Harlington, Sir
George Grey, Lord Clarence Paget, Sir
William Dunbar, Lord John Manners, la.
Soon after 11 o'clock the Prince of Wale
appeared, accompanied by Prince Alfred and
the Duke of Cambridge, and attended by
Major Teesdale and the Hon. R. Meade, his
Equerries; and Lord Alfred Paget, M.P., Chid
Equerry to her Majesty. His Royal Highness wu
attended to the boat by the Speaker of the How
of Commons ; the right hon. gentleman, however,
did not embark, but remained on the terrace
until after the boat had left the stairs. As
soon as the Prince went on board the royal standard
was hoisted, and in a few minutes the signal vas
' given, and the steamer started. There was ample
accommodation on deck for a number of paaseagees,
but not more than fifty altogether were assembled.
At Barking the royal party will land, in order to
inspect the northern outfall near Barking Creek.
The royal party were expected to reach Bark*
shortly before 1 o'clock, and after spend-
ing about half an hour in the inspection
would embark and steam across to the
Thames Conservancy pier at Crossness on the south
bank of the Thames, whore they were to be re-
ceived by those who had proceeded by the special
train.
The Low Level Sewer which drains Putney, Bat.
terse% Nine Elms, Lambeth, Newington, South.
wark, Bermondsey, Rotherluthe, and Deptford, ir
about 10 miles in length, and its size varies Irma
Oft. at the commencement to the two main severs,
which are 7ft. by 7ft. at its termination. This
line communicates with the pumping station at
Deptford that raises the low level sewage into the
main southern outfalL Four engines are used fa
this purpose, each of 125-horse power nominal, and
capable, together, of lifting ten thousand cubic
feet of sewage per minute to a height of eighteen
feet. From this point the great tide of refuse pawn
out by the southern outfall sewer, which, unlike
that on the northern side of the river, is constructed
for its whole length of nearly eight miles entirely
underground. This sewer, nearly 12ft. in die
meter, was taken under the town of Woolwich at s
depth varying from 50ft. to 80ft below the sulfate,
without casualties or settlements of any kind. The
Crossness reservoir into which this outfall tows at
With-marshes, is 6i acres in extent, and, like that
at Barking, is formed on the peaty soil by brisk
piers on brink arches, covered in with earth. The
pumping engines, by means of which the sewage
is lifted into this reservoir, are almost identical
in power and general arrangement with those at
Deptford Creek. From the reservoir at Craft
as at Barking, the sewage is di=
into the river at high tide. The
cum quantity quantity of sewage to be lifted be
these engines at Crossness Point will ordinarily be
about 10,000 cubic feet per minute ; but during
the night that quantity will be considerable re-
duced, while, on the other hand it will be nearly
double on occasions of heavy rainfalL The lift, slio
will vary as much as from 10ft. to 30ft., according
to the level of the water in the sewer and the reser-
voir into which it has to be raised.
The invitations to-day included an immense num-
ber of members of public bodies. The members of the
Metropolitan Board of Works were, of course
nearly all present, the most conspicuous pour
Rion being assigned to their energetic sad
assiduous chairman, Mr. John Thweiteso
the two Houses of Parliament, the Lord Mayoral
London, the sheriffs, the judges, and re-
presentatives of various public bellies. The bulk
of these visitors were conveyed in two sperm
trains which left Charing-crose respectively at S
minutes past and half -past 10. The Lord Mayer
and other civic authorities were in the fine of
these trains, and the platform was for half an hoer
crowded with well-known legislators and other
leading celebrities.
The weather was fortunately splendid, a mid/
atmosphere having, as the morning advances,
given way to a brilliant sunshine, and a genial VI
temperature. The Plumeteed station of the ZOOM
Kent Railway was reached about 12 o'clock.
The journey from Plumetead to the outfall works
a distance of about three miles, was performed
over the contractors' junction ; and soon after oar
ral hundred persona were engaged in viewing thous
works which when in full operation are la
once to restore salmon to the Thames
and to protect the health—such, at least, was the
original pretext for their construction—of the veal
population of the capital.
The Princes were expected to return at 3.20
from Crossness, after the opening ceremony .4
luncheon, to Charing-cross station by a spy
train on the South Eastern Railway, a saloon hav-
ing been sent down for the purpose by Mr. Knight.

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