The Sun.
London, England, 1864-10-08 00:00:00

Lord R. MONTAGU, who was received with pro.
longed applause, said that, in rising to respond, he
must apologise for not being present at their July
fair. When they caught a truant they generally
asked him where he had been and what he had been
doing, but, as their local newspaper had said he had
better, he would make a clean breast of it. lie
was doing his beat in looking after the interests of
agriculturists in the country, and the health of the
towns. He had been the chairman of the Sewage
Committee. That involved a chairman in consider 4
able labour. In the first place there was a very ex-
tensive correspondence to keep up, then to master
the subject, to look for evidence, interviews with the
witnesses to prepare them, and, lastly, it was the
duty of the chairman to correct the report of the
evidence that was given. The committee was com-
posed of hard, shrewd men of business, who were
not easily misled. Among them were Mr John
Bright, Mr Walpole, Mr Cowper, the Chief Com•
missioner of Public Works, and several others. He
purposed to give them a sketch of the proceedings.
He did not run the risk of supporting this theory
without evidence. Before that people used to ask
them why they should not be paid to put the sewage
on their land. The only question that was now asked
was hew it could best be done. That he might make
himself understood he would take a few examples.
The Government engineer said that in the Thames
the greater part of the year there was more sewage
than water. The Thames supplied 800,000 people
with water. Of Manchester, which was on the
Medlock, Mr Rawlinson said, " Birds might be seen
walking on the scum of its surface." Was it not
necessary that some steps should be taken to put
a stop to a practice like this? Some would say that
this water was always filtered, but men of science
had stated that filtering did not take from water the
qualities of putrescence, and that it was always
capable of engendering disease. Mr Rawlinson,
among several other similar matters, stated that
there was space under a bridgo where formerly a
cart could pass, but now a rabbit could not get
through. The land around was waterlogged. In the
rivers the trout and fish were all killed by the sew.
age. At the mouth of the Dee 300 families lived on
the salmon they caught. There might be many thou-
sands supported in the same way at the mouth of
the Thames. In many parts cattle had been killed
by drinking water in the brooks where sewage had
been introduced. Besides the safety which was
needed for the cattle, the health of the population
should be consilered, and thousands of lives might
be saved. The noble lord then referral to the state
of the Ouse, and said that if it were not seen to it
would do them a great injury, and, as the Yankee
would say, " The tall spectre has arisen from Kim•
bolten brook." (Laughter.) A few years age
Croydon was emptying its sewage into the river.
Complaints were made, and at last 14 different
actions were brought against the Town Council and
seven different injunctions were put out against
them, which with the law suits cost £lO,OOO. Other
experiments cost them £24,000, until they got a
final injunction from Vice-Chancellor \Vood, who
said the sewage must be turned upon the land. The
value of land rose at once, and the corporation were
compelled to give £4 an acre for it. They immedi-
ately let it at £5 an acre, or a profit of £250 a year.
The voice of lamentation was now heard because
they had contracted for 21 years with a farmer that
he could take the se Nage for £5 an acre. They
came before the committee, and said they could
make a gain of £l5 an acre. They wanted to ex,
tend the area of the sewage, and could not, on
account of the contract. It thus paid rates for the
town. He must conclude, as he had already oc,
cupied too much time with what he had fondled as
his baby. They would, perhaps, retort that it was
a very dirty one, but it did not follow that there
was extreme poverty ; indeed, he could not say that
t was one of the richest.

MR, F. STRANGE, the late well-known caterer
at the Crystal Palace, and spirited proprietor of the Hippo-
drome, at Islington, last Christmas, is the new lessee for
the Alhambra, in Leicester-square. He will take posses-
sion shortly, and immediately commence redecorating it in
a magnificent style, opening it on the evening of the Cattle
Show in December as a first-class Music-hall, &c., equal
to, if not far superior, to any similar place of entertainment
in the kingdom,

THE NEW THEATRE AT BRADFORD, YORK.
SHIRE.—This new and elegant building is fast
approaching completion,and will certainly be opened on the
26th December next (Boxing-night). Mr Buckstone, of
the Haymarket Theatre, and Mr Wilde, the treasurer of
that establishment, are amongst the shareholders and
directors of the theatre, and have taken a lease of it for a
term of years. A carefully-selected dramatic company will
be formed, and a Christmas Pantomime produced. The
pantomimists will consist of Mr Arthur Leclercq, Mr Chas.
Leclercq, Miss Caroline Adams, and others of the Theatre
Royal, Haymarket, The stock of scenery has been made
and painted in London by Mr John O'Connor, of the
'Haymarket, while in the Pantomime some singularly
beautiful specimens of scenic art by Mr Wildam Telbin,
will be exhibited.

the mayor of Doncaster,
A ROYAL PRESENT TO THE MAYOR OF DONCAS•
and valuable present from his
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Royal Highness Prince Humbert of Italy, as an acknow-
ledgment of the courteous attention shown to himself and •
retinue by his worship, during their recent visit to Doncas-
ter races. The present consists of a large and very beauti-
ful scarf pin, from one of the chief jewellers of Turin. It
consists of an oval centre in deep blue enamel, upon which
is worked out in figured gold the monogram or cipher of the
prince, which is surmounted by a crown, also in gold.
Starting away from the centre-piece, at slight intervals all
round, are eight stars of most brilliant diamonds, the top
one of all being much larger than the rest and of surpassing
beauty. The whole is enclosed in a large case of crimson
aye t, inscribed in gold with a crown and the letter