The Sun.
London, England, 1865-03-21 00:00:00

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SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

TAT TERSALL'S—YzszEnDAY.
The crowded state of the Subscription-room indicated
the growing interest in the great races now in the market,
and speculation for a time was both brisk and heavy, and
marked in some instances by noteworthy features. For the
Northamptonshire Stakes, The Grinder, who came with a
rush in the morning at the Victoria Club, was in such
force as to displace Skeffington in the premiership, and put
an extinguisher on John Davis, his own stable companion.
Hartley, notwithstanding his Doncaster defeat, was occa-
sionally backed, and The Beaver and Vest colt had each a
small party of friends. Lion was completely knocked out.
On the City and Suburban nothing was done of any conse-
quence, and both the favourites were very strong. For the
Chester Cup Lord Zetland was firm, and the rise of Lion
was in proportion to his decline for the Northamptonshire
Stakes. For the Two Thousand Liddington was hardly
in as good force as he was during the last week, for in one
instance 3 to 1 was laid against him, and at the close 55 to
20 might have been had without difficulty about him.
Breadalbane was backed for some money at 7 to 1, and if his
starting could be only guaranteed he would see half that
price. Chattanooga's downward tendency met with a
further impetus by offers of 12 to 1 going begging about
him. Bedminster had lots of friends at 100 to 6, and may
be pronounced the firmest horse in the market. For the
erby the most startling point was that of Breadalbane
being a better favourite for money than Liddington,
as 6 to 1 was taken freely about him, while the same
odds were offered at the close against the latter without
being responded to. The Duke held his own ground
firmly, and Bedminster was in good demand at the quoted
price. Chattanooga ominously declined to 28 to 1, and
Rifle and Oppressor both retrograded. Beneath are the
current prices :

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES.
15 to 2 agst Grinder (taken and offered)
10 to 1 agst Skeffington (offered)
100 to 6 agst Hartley (taken and offered)
100 to 7 agst Beaver (taken and offered)
20 to 1 agst Vest colt (taken and offered)
40 to 1 agst Lion (offered)
CITY AND SUBURBAN.
12 to 1 agst Mcestissima filly (taken)
15 to 1 agst Peon (taken)
33 to 1 agst Lemonade (taken)
CHESTER CUP.
10 to 1 agst Lord Zetland (taken)
100 to 7 agst Lion (taken)
TWO THOUSAND.
sto 2 agst Liddington (offered)--3 to 1 laid once
7to 1 agst Breadalbane (taken freely)
12 to 1 agst Chattanooga (taken and offered)
100 to 6 agst Bedminster (taken freely)
20 to 1 agst Zambezi (taken and offered)
20 to 1 agst Broomielaw (taken and offered)
20 to 1 agst Koenig (taken and offered)
THE DERBY.
6to 1 agst Liddington (taken and offered)
11 to 1 agst Duke (offered)
100 to 6 agst Bedminster (taken)
28 to 1 agst Zambezi (taken)
28 to 1 agst Chattanooga (taken)
30 to 1 agst Oppressor (taken)
83 to 1 agst Ariel (taken)
40 to 1 agst Rifle (offered)

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day,

WARWICK RACES--Tars DAY.
TRIAL S TAKES.
East Lancashire ................................................... 1
Catalogue ........................................................... 2
Stockinger ................................................... ....... 3
Four ran.
AnnirED—L'Africain.

The Main Drainage Works,
On Saturday afternoon a body of about 20a tlemen, formed of the principal English andt•en,
nental civil engineers, inspected the Crossr.es's Out-
whole Sewer Works, the
point to which bows the
whole of the sewage of the southern side,. The party
was attended by Mr. J. W. Bazalgett.., the engineer
of the Metropolitan Board, and allying those present
were Mr. Lindley, the engineer of Hamburg, Mr.
Murray, Mr. Pollock, Mr. Wc.ods, Mr, Braithwaite,
Mr. Forde, the telegraphic engineer, Mr. Phipps,
and Mr. Black. A special train conveyed the visi-
tors from Plumstead over the line laid down by the
contractor, Mr. Webster, to Crossness Point, -whence
they were conducted by Mr. Bazalgette into the
sewage reservoir, on entering which each visitor had
a lighted candle handed to him, and the vast re..
cesses of the brick cavern, or series of caverns,
covering a space of six and a half acres, were further
illumined by the burning of magnesium wire. in..
explanation, Mr. Bazalgette stated that the worms
beneath the reservoir comprised two other chamloers,
the lowest for the reception of the drainage, fle top
one for the sewage to be " lifted" into, arAd from
passeobubldtide
intoii[lth
et the
river, secondand ora puddle
passd oovenne
totw h cohwi ta
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to • sea. He stated that on the south side of the
river there were, as on the north side, high, middle,
and low level sewers, the high and middle level
draining an area of about 20 square miles, and
the low level a like area, the contents of the last-
named sewer being pumped a height-of 18ft. into
the high level at Deptford, whence they flowed
by gravitation to Crossness reservoir, which was
capable of receiving 50,000,000 of sewage during
the two tides. He was questioned as to the founda-
tion of the reservoir, it being apparent that the soil
must be a dangerous one, and he replied that in
order to obtain a foundation a peat soil, 15ft, to
20ft. in depth, was dug through so as to permit of
the concrete being laid on the gravel, which it was
for the whole depth of the peat. Some of the visi-
tors squeezed themselves through the penstocks and
so got into the culverts, where they wandered about
making themselves thoroughly acquainted with all
the details. At different parts Mr. Bazalgette and
his shief on the southern side, Mr. Grant, gave
short addresses, explanatory of the materials used on
the works, and of the engineering details. On
ascending to the surface the party came full in view
of the upper works, comprising engine-house, with
a workshop on either side, a manager's house, and
cottages for workmen, the whole built, somewhat
in the Elizabethan style, with coloured bricks. The
most prominent building is the chimney shaft, which
is 200 ft. in height, and is not unlike a Venetian
watch tower. These upper works are built over the
reservoirs, and occupy about eight acres of ground.
The visitors expressed the greatest satisfaction at
what they had seen, and thanked Mr. Bazalgette for
the view he had afforded them of these great works,
On Tuesday last Mr. Bazalgette read a paper at the
Institution of Civil Engineers on the "Metropoli-
tan system of drainage and the interception of
sewage from the River Thames." He glanced at
the early history of London sewerage, and showed
that up to about the year 1815 it was
a penal offence to discharge sewage or other
offensive matters into the sewers, cesspools being
regarded as the proper receptacles of home
drainage, and the sewers as the legitimate
channels for carrying off the surface waters only.
He went on to show that as the population of Lon-
don increased its subsoil became thickly studded
with cesspools, and after the date given overflow
drains from the cesspools to the rivers were allowed,
by which means the previously open brooks—the
Fleet, the Tyebourne, and the Bayswater became
polluted and were covered in, though this work has •
been only gradual, the Ranelagh being in some
places an open sewer and an offensive nuisance at
the present time. He then described the working
of the Commissions which were appointed to deal
with the growing evil of sewage in the metropolis,
and showed that they so dealt with it as to carry it
at once into the river opposite the growing city, to
which it became more and more offensive through
being discharged at low water, and so kept floating
up and down at every turn of the tide. He detailed
the steps by which the system of main drainage now
nearly completed was arrived at, he entered upon a
minute description of the works, and stated that
there were about 1,300 miles of sewers in London
and 82 miles of main intercepting sewers. The
total pumping power was 2,380 nominal horse-
power, with an average consumption of 20,000 tons
of coal. The sewage on the north side of the Thames
at present amounted to 10,000,000 cubic feet each
day, and on the south side 4,000,000 cubic feet a
day ; but provision had been made for an anticipated
increase up to 11,500,000 and 5,750,000 cubic feet
a day respectively, in addition to a rainfall of
28,500,000 and 17,250,000 cubic feet a day respec-
tively, or 63,000,000 cubic feet. The total cost of
the works would be £4,100,000, and as sections of
the works had been in operation from two to four
years, and the larger portion of the whole for more
than one year, the principles upon which they were
based had already been fairly tested.

Extraordinary Proceeding near York.

On Saturday, at York Castle, before Mr. Thompson and
Mr. Coltman, West Riding magistrates, seven men, named
William and Thomas Kettlewell, William Allison, George
Batty, William Whiteley, George Robinson, and IL Stead,
were charged with having, on March 8, forcibly entered a
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house at Askham Bryan, near York, belonging to Benson.
and John M. Barstow, whom they forcibly expelled.
It appeared that William Kettlewell fancied he was the
rightful heir of Miss Ann Fawcett, who died intestate, and
of whose property the Barstows have now possession. On
the morning of March 8, whilst Mr. Benson Barstow was
at breakfast, William Kettlewell, Allison, and Batty pre..
sented themselves at the back door of Mr. Barstow's house,
and delivered a note to the cook for her master. This she
delivered in the breakfast-room, and as she left that place
she found she had been followed by the men whom she had
left at the door. The note ran :—" March, 1865.—Mr.
Barstow,—Sir, I hope you will excuse us coming to see the
house, as we want to see round it.—Yours truly, LORD
MUCK." Mr. Barstow had not time to read this note before
the three men in question entered the breakfast-room, and
Allison introduced William Kettlewell as the heir-at-law,
and desired Mr. Barstow to quit the place. He refused,
upon which he was dragged to a sofa, thence into the hall,
where a key was wrenched from his hand and one of his
fingers sprained, and subsequently ejected from his house.
The doors and gates of the premises were then barricaded
by the three mentioned and the remainder of the defers,
Robinson, and the servants ordered to pack
up their s' x
things and leave. This they did. In the mean-
tdan
imet Mer. Benson Barstow succeeded in getting one of his
horses out of his stable, on which he rode to York, and
obtained a warrant against William Kettlewell. On re-
turning in the afternoon he found his house occupied by
the defendants and a largo number of other villagers, and
all the rooms seemed to have been searched. Victuals had
been consumed, the tablecloths bore marks of liquor; the
carpets were spat upon, and in fact everything was in the
most extreme disorder. Mr. Barstow's reoccupation
wonly gained by forcing open the doors. Plate, securities,
debentures, and cash to an amount of nearly £lOO,OOO,
were in the rooms the prisoners had entered, but fortu-
nately none of this had been disturbed.
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The bench discharged Robinson for Want of evidence,
and committed the remainder for trial at York Assizes.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This day.

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Lor•Dox, March 21.—Wind this day at noon—North-
Easterly; blowing a strong breeze and fine weather, but
very cold.
CLYDE, March 20.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrived—Elise,
from St. Jago do Cubs.
per, March 19.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Armigo, from,
Tarragona.

PLYMOUTH, March 20.—Wind N.E.—Arrived - Orient,
min Callao for Rotterdam.
BRISTOL, March 19.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Romaneo
rom Sulina.

HOLYHEAD, March 20.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Earl of
Mar, from Manilla.
of
FALlauAthens, fo
OFF SHOREHAM, March 19.—Arrived—A foreign schooner,
FALMOUTH,
ma Marchtam Matamoros.
OFF 20.—Wind S.E.—Sailed—Maid
from Rio Janeiro.
CARDIFF, March 20.—Wind E.—Sailed—Agamemnon,
for Jamaica.