The Express.
London, England, 1859-05-20 00:00:00

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Last evening a special meeting of the vestry of
the pariah cf. Sc. Paul, Deptford, including the district of
Matthaei, was held at the Deptford Literary Institution, for
the purpose of taking into oneeideration the proceedings of
the Metropolitan Board of Works in carp Mg out the main
drainage fawn., rly in reference to the ix atm.
plated discharge the sewage Into Deptford-meek. The
chair was occupied by Mr. Churchwarden MISCSRI.L.
klr. J. WADS sim—By the present proposition of the
Metropolitan Board of Work., that town was threatened
with a nuisance It was impossible to exagFerate, in
the discharge of ten miles of sewage matter into Dept.
frd-creck, previous to the °oda at Erith being con-
structsd, sad when they reamed that for 14 hours out
of the 24 the banks of the creek would be left high
and dry by the tide, with the sewage depo-
sited thereon, and • continuous outpouring taking
place, he-thought it was incumbent upon them to protest
against suck • monstrous nuisance being brought meow
them. (Hear, bear.) At the present moment suck sewage
was deposited la the Thames from at Lase twenty Minot
soarers, and they knew what the .tats of the river bad been.
If he had been etevectly informed, it wee the intentiog of the
Metropolitan Booed to construct du low level severs real-
ist:woody with the high level sewer, which would be brought
under Deptford-meek and thence pumped into the water
He had co hesitate* in saying that the inhabitants ought e
be unanimous, end protest against each en infamout pio.
°ceding. It was a question upon which he felt it no
mosey immediate steps ought to be taken, and
he therefore plopoed, *. That the Metropolitan Board of
Works having (I.4ereuiced to construct two high level sewers
—cm from Clapham-common, as d thee th ir from Dulwich-
common—both to discharge into the apple part of Deptford
creek, by gravitatioe, through barrel sewers 10 feet 6 inches
in diameter, before the board have provided the outlet limn
Erith to Deptford-meek to receive the sewage of the dis-
trict proposed to be drained by them seem, this vestry
espresso. its strong disapproval of such project, as certaint•
bnag an intolerable sultanas into the Meet of the town,
which will inevitably he injurious to the health of the bar
Lamm, end destructive to the beet Interests of the town;
and is in the opinion of this vestry, a violation of the spirit
of the Act of Parliament for Purifying the Themes."
Mr. Churchwarden Panay seconded the reacthwton.

Tbe Rev. A. K. B. GRANVILLE said he had attended with
a deputation to the Metropolitan Board of Works, and it was
freely admittid by the chairman sad the msginsee to that
board that ea interval of 18 months might elope Wore the
cattail for Erith was conatruoted, during the whole of whir&
thee the euisaore would continue.

Ur. BROWS aaid he did not apprehend thee* would he
that nuisance contemplated from the high level sewers, but
if it were intended to construct the low level @ewers, and
pomp the sewage into Deptfor-ereek, then he thought there
should be a protest against the rebuses being proceeded with.
The meeting was subsequently aditheesed by Hera.
HAUS; HOLLOWAY, and others, and en the resolution
bring put to the inswing it was tteashuswely teethed.
It wax also ageed that • &prelim ken the vestry should
wait epos the Ms icpolftaa Board el Weis as the subject.