The Express.
London, England, 1860-09-15 00:00:00

LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 15, 1860.

SPECTACLES, improved by HARRIS and
80N, will most certainly • the sight Better cannot
be made. Steel, with or pebbles, lie : gag, with
3e. to 10e. Gold and Silver Spectacles and Eye-Olaasee
great variety, at equally low prices. Bantle Prospect GB"
Les. &L poet tree. 11108. KARIM and SON Opticians to the
loyal Yarally, opposite the British Bone= OM's, London.
latabliahed 1180. Nation.—No travellers employe&

POURISTS and TRAVELLERS, Visitors to the
ilsoids, and others, expoied to the sun and dust, will find
itoviumer ICALYDOg a most retrashinguor preparation for the
the cloud of lang and relaxation, -
111gtrilli sad ".V2lllty, and immediately affording the plallayeas-
ssustka attending restored elasticity and healthful state of
time aida. Prwskies, tan, spots., pimples, gashes, bed discolours-
lisn, ay Woes its application, and give place to purity of cow
iwith the glow of beauty and of bloom. In cams at ems.
r map of Weds, its virtues have lung bren outwor-
n* Mesta. ea and as. ed. per bottle. Sold by A. lOW-
sad 00118, 10, Hatton-garden, and by chemist' swayer-
fessesa Ask log lowlands Lalydor.

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hawawl ~id tor her me, export military, and Invalids. OOats.s cm
111.

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. Im dips, • melds, -•
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per packet; common brown Windsor, is : white m
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A PIG FATTENED in HALF the USUAL
TIMP, and the Bacon upwards of Twopence per pound
superior in quality, through the daily use at two Pennyworth at
nioeurft FOOD for CATTLE. "educed prices : barrels, not
Mining 448 feeds, with neasare, sea: dues, containing 648
lents, In packet., He. Carriage paid to any railway station In
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1 kirsoromrare BOARD OP WOU&

. annual report of the Metropolitan Board of
a has been just publithed in the form of a parliamen-
-4 piper, pennant to the statute under which they are,
orpnised. The document is a voluminous one, and we
caned do more then give the principal portions of it.
With reference to the main drainage works, during the
rat which has elapsed, the board have directed their mu-
tilated and anxious attention to the prosecution of those
i=t works, and, notwithstanding the strike of the
thereat ineresee in the price of building
tenth, tie long mintianinee al heavy rains, and the opera-
tion of other canoes calculated to impede the execution of
extensive public works, their upon the whole has
be of a decidedly satisfactory c r.
The Northern High Level Sewer is fast approaching com-
pletion. The line, as will be remembered, will extend from
the Manefichiroad, near the foot of Hampstead-hill, to a
point on the river lea eau Old Ford, being, with its
branches, about eight miles in length. When finished, it
will complete the interception of the waters descending
ffeela the high grounds of Highgate and Hampstead, and,
*Mat effecting a general improvement in the local drainage
thneashout its entire laegth, it will relieve Haokney and the
adjecant districts from the evils arising from the foul open
weberootuve by which they were intersected, viz. the
Haskney Brook. The tenth of sewer in connexion with this
portion of the works executed between the 234 h March, 1859,
and the same date in 1860 was 23,407 feet, making the total
Zcompleted up to the buitmentioned period 94,130
,Il extiending from Old Ford, on the River Tea,to Stoke
NOrtastoo. The works in coonexion with this line of sewer
were, however, at the same time actively proceeding at
various other points between Stoke Newington and the
Jenationwead, Bentialitown, and in some parts of the line
wide eansideashly advanced.
The extensive character of these works will be understood
whip it is stated that the dimensions of a portion of the
oulfall sewers are nine feet by nine feet in the clear, and that
tbrerflow chamber is 138 feet long, and at in upper end
* eet 6 inches wide. •
e whole of the works between the River Lea and
Gospel Oak Fields are nearly completed, and they include
the formation of the retaining wall along the western bank
of fee river Lea. At Hollown7 the sewer had to be carried
miss the Great Northern Railway, an operation which,
froin the continuous and limey traffic on the line, required
the exorable of great care and attention. The line of sewer
will also pass under the North London Railway, of • which
the sleepers supporting the rails are nearly on a level with
Hui top of the sewer, Involving the neoesuary arrangements
forisapporting the line, end effecting a temporary diversion
of the traffic. The tunnel between Maiden-lane and the
Kentish Town-road, 40 feet below the surface, and for a
length of about 2,000 feet, is nearly completed.
Another part of the man drainage works north of the
Thames' namely, the Acton branch of the western sewer-
age, has been contracted for since the board made their last
report. This length of sewer commences by a junction
wt the ()canter a Creek, in the Uxbridge-mad, and pro.
theme along that road, terminates by a junction
nitl, „ east branch of the Stamford Brook. The contract
forias work was signed on the sth August, 1859, and on
alit Ilith Swell tart the length executed was 3,898 feet.
The high-level sewer, south of the Thames, was corn-
ea the 26th December, 1869. This work will sue
isc= Highatireet, elephant, to Deptford Creek, a
i I of about 9 miles 2,940 feet, traversing in its course
=Camberwell, Peckham, and New Cross. On the
last, there had been executed of this work
5, feet, or thereabout'.
course which will be ultimately selected for the low
sewer, north of the Thames, will depend upon the de-
at which whiniest may arrive with respect to the
Junent of-that river. The beard have on former oc-
' expressed the opinion that it would, on various
be most important to construct the sewer in am.
4 with a Thames embankment ; but whether that
. accom dished or not depends on the provision which
be made by parliament for defraying the
,of the em ent. This board will, as they him
lin former reports, be prepared to contribute out of
ands at their disposal towards the cost of that work
a sum as will be a fair equivalent for the advantage of
their sewer in the line of the embankment ; but
41111)1111i cost of the last-named work must necessarily be
.untied from other sources. Though the providing of
for this great work is not an obligation unposed by
law ea this board, they will be quite prepared to carry it
out. parliament may be pleased to furnish
with mains to meet "the coat el the works
last* Arra& —upon . therse._ fan— aka
public improvements contemplated by the acts of
parliament defining their duties and the entire inadequacy
of their present resources are fully explained in the chair-
man's letter to member" of parliament represeutiog metro-
politan constituencies, dated the 18th April, 1859, which is
appended to the last report of the board. As the period
within which the main drainage works are to be finished is
fixed by act of parliament, namely, the 31st December,
1863, it becomes of extreme urgency that an early solution
of this important question should be arrived at.
Among the works of the board, other than those of main
drainage, which were completed or in progress, on the 25th
of March last, may be mentioned the wrought iron tubular
bridge over the Lunehouee Cut of the River Lea naviga-
tion. in connexion with the improvement known as the
Victoria-perk Approach. In theexecution of this work the
water was pumped out of the canal for a portion of its
length, and the traffic on the canal was, by permission of
the trustee! of the navigation, stopped for a certain period,
to eu.ible the foundations of the bridge to be laid.
Works are also in course of execution at the outlet of the
Earl Sewer at Rotherhithe for the purpose of relieving cer-
tain low-level districts south of the Thames from the flood.
logs to which they are now subject, arrangementsbeing
adopted for producing a continual discharge from thesewen.
This involves an extension of the outlet of the Earl Sewer
at Durand's Wharf, and the erection of a large high-pressure
engine, capable of working 100-horse power, with two seta
of pumps. The underpinning of 2,347 feet of sewer in the
Fulham-road has also been effected, and the outlet of the
Smith-street sewer at Chelsea has been covered.

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The hoard have resolved on constructing a line of sewer
for receiving the storm overflow of the Itsoelagh, which
will commence by a junction with that sewer near Albert-
gate, and proceeding thence same Hyde-park and Ken-
sington-gardens, will form • junction with the Itanelagh
man sewer in the Uxbri4e-road. Amongst other object.
which will be accomplished by this work, it will effectually
prevent any sewage matter from paring into the Serpen-
tine. The total expenditure on 'ewers and drainage works,
including the cleansing of 168 miles of main lawns and
works of deodorisation during the year, was 209,6:18/. 10s. sd.
The application of lime to the deodorisation of the
Manna, which was in progress at the date of the last re-
port of the board, was continued up to the 3rd September
last. The total quantity of disinfecting material used
during the summer (including that mentioned in last year's
report) was 4,Z41 tons of chalk lime, 478 tons of chloride
of lime, and 58 tons of carbonic acid, at a cost of 17,733/.
Shortly before the date of their last report, the board had
directed their attention to the general question of the deo-
dorization and disinfection of sewage matter, and for the
purpose of aiding them in their investigations, they had
called in the assistance of two eminent chemists, Dr. Hof-
mann and Dr. Frankland, who, at their request, examined
the several schemes and proposals: submitted to the board in
relation to this matter. At • subsequent period, the board
also consulted Dr. Miller on this subject.
Drs. Hofmann and Frankland made an elaborate report
on the subject referred to them. The deodorising and dis-
infecting agent which they recommend is described as a con-
centrated solution of perchloride of iron. In arriving at
this ocaclusion they submitted the agent in question to •
series of comparative trials with lime and chloride of lime.
In conducting these experiments, which were carried on at
the mouth of the Kin.grs Scholars' Pond Sewer, above Vaux-
hall-bridge, they hail reference to the plan of drainage
adopted by the board, and the actual and prospective quan-
tity of sewage to be discharged at the outfalls.
In direp their first attention to the performance of the
duty im upon them by the statute, namely, the purifi-
cation the Thames, the board have been fully sensible of
the importance of prosecuting the other branch of the Name
subject, namely, the disposal and utilisation of sewage
matter, and have for that purpose, by numerous advertise-
meets, publicly expressed their readiness to alien! oppor.
tuoities to any company or individual for telting and
developing any well-considered scheme for the useful appli-
cation of the metropolitan sewage.
The board have the whole question under consideration,
and though nothing has been submitted to them which
enables them to spat with any definitiveness upon the sub-
ject, they are willing to hope that the period may not be far
distant when some satisfactory results may be arrived at,
which may augment the means at pnaent available of add-
ing to the fertility of the soil, and at the same time become
a source of revenue to the ratepayers.
As regards the Southwark and Westminster communica-
tion, the board have proceeded with as much expedition as
was practicable under the circumstances, with the neces-
sary steps for Obtaining • of the property required
for this improvement. e sum paid or agreed to be paid
for the pr in the locality in question, during the year
mites 25th M verty
arch, for the parlous of the street, was
110,3741. 17e., making the total expenditure under this
head, up to the same date, 222,210/. Ils. col., the claims
amounting to 306,5121. fie. Id. These included 102 freehold
and copyhold estates, and 71 leasehold interests and good-
wills The committee to whom the board dub:wand
the requisite powers for obtaining possession of
the property devoted unwearied attention to the
performance of this duty. The extent of their labour
will be easily understood by those who have
had experience of the difficulties attending the acquisition
of property in populous parte of the metropolis, from the
numerous interests to be dealt with (six or seven claims
having frequently been made in respect of one property),
the settlement of heavy trade compensations, and the hives.
Ligation of titles. The board hope to be in possession of
the whole of the property before the middle of next year.
The greater proportion of it has bon purchased by ova