The Sun.
London, England, 1865-02-23 00:00:00

NOVEMBER.

Liverp00l Autumn

STEEPLECHASE F

'IXTURES FOR 1865,

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Liverpool
Shrewsbury
Scarborough 16, 17 Torquay 2B

UTILISATION OF SEWAGE.—The bill prepared and
brought into the House of Commons by Lord R.
Montagu, Sir Fitzroy Kelly, Mr. Forrand, and Mr.
Ilib-
bert, for facilitating the more useful application of town
sewage in Great Britain and Ireland, has been printed.
The bill, which it is proposed shall come into operation
on Ist January, 1866, constitutes all municipal corpora-
: tions, improvement commissioners, local boards of health,
or others having charge of the sewerage of towns or
populous places, under any public or local act of Parlia-
ment, " The Local Sewer Authorities," and vests in them
power to acquire property in all night-soil and the like
refuse collected from house to house in the district where
the Local Sewer Authority has .1t contract or service to
collect the same ; and also litter or refuse from stables,
cowhouses, and the like places, the occupiers of which may
signify the consent in writing to such removal, protecting
their rights so acquired by a penalty not exceeding £5
against all persons wrongfully diverting such average.
Several exceptions are made to the protecting clause, giving
to occupiers of houses the right to contract with any com-
pany or person for the removal of sewage, or to use
it upon their own land, provided that no nuisance be
occasioned by such removal. Power is also given to occu-
piers of land, with the consent of the Local Sewer Autho-
rity, to applythe contentsof a sewer, or drain pipe running
to waste upon their lands, to the fertilisation of such lands.
The bill proposes to give power to the Local Sewer Autho-
rity to acquire waste land, sand-banks, and other lands
improvable by the application of sewage under the Lands
Clauses Act, on a provisional order granted by the Secre-
tary of State, and confirmed by Parliament. The Local
Sewer Authorities are further empowered to dredge for or
take away anyiballa.stonud,
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sewer authorities shall, at any time at their local discretion,
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The Derby Mere to agreement.
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tion to state that Townley was buried on Saturday last, not
in the model prison, as many persons supposed, but in
Finchley Cemetery, near London."
r ROll P ILLAR. TO POST.—General Sherman is send-
ing the negroes who followed him into Savannah to Beau-
fort. With the first shipload he sent this message to Gen.
Saxton, " Please find enclosed 7,000 contrabands, the first
instalment of 15,000. Many of them are from far up in
Georgia, and a long, weary, and sorrowful tramp they have
had. Many of them, with little children, have not brought
a thing with them, and have most miserable covering.
Bales of clothing can be disposed of among them."
BERGEN, Feb. 9.—A bottle has been found to the
westward of this place, containing a note. The following
is a copy :—" Sept. 3, 1864.—1 hope the finder of this will
report it when found. The schooner William and Susan
of Buckhaven, in a sinking state. The mate and two hands
;,;.,lied overboard. Wind N.E., about 40 miles off Hartle-
pool. We have now five feet of water in the hold. The
vessel is sinking fast. —, master."