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tion brought against the Committee for
erecting a portion of the same fence ...
Mr. S. Walton the ninth and last instal-
me, :t of his contract for building the new
Infirmary
Balance in the Bank of England in the three
names mentioned per contra on 30th ept,
18(35

125 0 0

2,008 13 6

£3,3'1 5 11
AS TO MONEYS BORROWED FOR ENLARGING THE HOUSE OF
CORRECTION AT COLDBATH-FIELDS, PROVIDING TREAD-
WHEELS THERE, AND FOR ENCLOSLNG THE SPACE BE-
TWEEN THE TWO NEW WINGS.

RECEIPT.
Balance in the Bank of England in the joint
names of Henry Pownall, Esq., Henry Morris
Kemshead, Esq., and the County Treasurer,
ou Ist July, 188.5 £277 8 8
Received the aim authorised by the Court to be
borrowed (on Bond No. 88) on mortgage of
the County Rates

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THE SUN, LONDON, SAT UR DAY EVENING, OCTOBER 14, 1865.

COMPLETION OF MR. CHARLES DICKENS'S NEW
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THE QUARTERLY REVIEW, No,
ccxxxvi., Is Published THIS DAY.

CONTENTS.
I. English Cathedrals.
11. The Mariner's Compass.
111. State and Prospects of
IV. Pottry of Praed and Lord Houghton.
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VI. Field Sports of the Ancients.
VII. The Gallican Church
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favourite headed him, and won very
easily by throe_quar-
ters of a length ; a wretched third.
Plate of 70 sovs ; optional selling weights. A.F.
Mr. W. Morris's Raglan, by the Hero, 5 yrs, 9st 131 b
(500 sovs) (S. Adams) 1
Mr. York's Troublesome, 6 yrs, Bst 121 b (.£300)
(Custance) 2
Mr. W. Hogg's Le Marechal, 5 yrs, Bst 7lb (100)
(Edwards) 3
Lady Kinghorn, Touriste, Trapeze, Contract, and Calista
gelding also ran.
Betting-7 to 2 agst Calista gelding, 4to 1 agst Trouble-
some, 5 to 1 agst Touriste, and 8 to 1 agst Raglan.
The favourite, Trapeze, and Le Marechal were the first
away and made the running into the Abingdon-mile-bottom,
where the Calista gelding and Trapeze dropped back; their
places were then taken by Raglan and Troublesome, who
headed Mr. Hogg's colt half way up, the former winning in
a cantor by a couple of lengths ; a bad third. Tho winner
was claimed by Mr. York.
LATEST BETTING AT CAMBRIDGE (en route.)
THE CAMBRIDGESHIRE.
10 to 1 agst Provisor (taken)
100 to 9 agst Salpinctes (taken)
100 to 7 agst The Duke (taken)
18 to 1 agst Custard Castle (taken)
25 to 1 agst Gontran
100 to 1 agst Heir-at-Law (taken

BETTING AT MANCHESTER-FRIDAY.

CAMBRIDGESHIRE.
9 to 1 agst Salpinctes (taken freely)
11 to 1 agst Provisor (taken and offered)
100 to 7 agst Wedding Peal (offered)
100 to 6 agst Custard Castle (taken)
100 to 6 agst The Duke (offered)
20 to 1 agst Gontran (taken)
20 to 1 agst Gladiateur (offered)
25 to 1 agst Ostregor (taken)
25 to 1 agst Gardevisure (offered—take 30)
25 to 1 agst Gratitude (offered)
33 to 1 agst Holstein (taken freely)
33 to 1 agst Elland (offered)
40 to 1 agst Catch-'em-Alive (offered)
50 to 1 agst Moldavia (taken)
50 to 1 agst The Clown (taken)
100 to 1 agst John Davis (taken)
100 to 1 agst Gomera (offered)

Director, Mr. F. Jong-mane.
All visitors to London at this season should see the above
entertainment

HORSES STRUCK OL T OF THEIR ENGAGEMENTS.
Oct. 7 at 9 a.m., Skirmish, out of Cesarewitch and Cam-
bridgeshire Stakes. At 039 p.m., Suspicion, out of the
Cesarewitch Stakes.

MADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION.-
Established 30 years, at the Bazaar, Baker-street.
NEW ADDITIONS.—In accordance with the season, the
Exhibition has been entirely re-embellished. The whole of
the ancient Court Dresses of the most costly description,
faithfully copied from the most minute pictures, have been
renewed. Modern Court Dresses of the most splendid de-
scription, selected from the first houses in Paris and London,
and probably never equalled or surpassed, are now on view.
Life-size Models of DOCTOR E. W. PRITCHARD and
CONSTANCE KENT are now added.
Open from 11 a.m. till 10 p.m.
Admittance, One Shilling; Extra Rooms, Sixpence.

Oct. 8, at 5 20 p.m., Moldavia, out of Cesarewitch Stakes,
At 5 28 p.m., The Duke, out of Free Handicap (R. 31.) al
Newmarket.

Oct. 9, at 8 30 a.m., Rodmire and Eleanor, out of Cesare-
witch Stakes. At 9 a.in., Gibraltar, out of Cesarewitch
Stakes. At 438 p.m., Dr. Syntax and Squire Hearty, out
of Cesarewitch Stakes. At 456 p.m., Sir Charles, out of
Cesarewitch Stakes. At 458 p.m., Paris, out of Cesare-
witch Stakes. At 5 p.m., Strathconan, out of Clearwell
Stakes. At 530 pm., Friday, out of Cesarewitch Stakes.
At 7 25 a.m., Emblematic, out of Cesarewitch Stakes; Goo-
jerat, out of Clearwell Stakes. At 8 p.m., Attack filly, out
of Cesarewitch Stakes.

ARGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill-street,
Piccadilly.—GßAND CASINO and MUSICAL PRO-
MENADE is No W OPEN for the Season.
_ _ .

Musical Director, M. LIJIGIC.
Manager, Mons, GRENET.
The Band plays nightly Selections from the most eminent
Composers.
Doors open at half-past 8 o'clock; close five minutes to 12
o'clock.

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THE WELLINGTON, ST. JAMES'S-STREET.
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Dine p.m., at 2s. 6d., 3s 6d., 4s. 6d , and 78. each.
ELEGANT SALOON DINING ROOMS,
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Prices on the "Carte" molerate.
Private Rooms for Large or Small Partier,
Reading, Smoltinz, and Billiard Rooms,
BREARYASTS and LUNCHEONS.

Oct. 10, at 10 30 a.m., Le Papillon, out of Cesarewitch
Stakes. At 11 25 a.m., Breeze, out of Cesarewitch Stakes;
Robin Hood, out of Clearwell Stakes.

D. CAMERON.
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STARCH MANUFACTURERS
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OLENFIELD PATENT STARCJI,
Used in the Royal Laundry,

AND AWARDED TIIE PRIZE MEDAL, 1862.
Sold by all Grocers, Chandlers, &o. sec.
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Oct. 11, at 10 a.m., Student, out of Troy and Prender-
gast Stakes ; Fairy Footstep, out of all engagements made
by Lord Falmouth ; Generalissimo and Honiton, out of all
engagements in 1865 ; Penelope Plotwell, out of Bretby
and Prendergast Stakes. At 642 p.m., Sutton, out of
Cambridgeshire Stakes.

RETIREMENT OF LORD STAMFORD.—The above noble-
man has announced his intention of retiring from the turf,
and the whole of his lordship's stud, with the exception of
his brood mares, will soon be brought to the hammer by
Messrs. Tattersall.

REMOVAL OF Mn. CirArms's STUD.—We are given to
understand that Mr. Chaplain has arranged for the removal
of his horses from Findon to Newmarket, and that for the
future they will be under the care of Mr. Bless.

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THE SALARIES OF TILE OFFICERS.
A report was brought up from the Main Drainage Corn-
mittoo, recommending that a gratuity of £lO5 be awarded
to Mr. Creasy in consideration of extra services rendered
by him in the preparation of plans and specifications and
supervision of the construction of the three gas meter test-
ing houses. The report stated that ho had devoted a deal
of time to the subject, and had worked after his usual
office hours.

Mr. FREEMAN moved the adoption of the report, and said

the committee thought at first of employing some extra
person, but afterwards decided that it would be better for
Mr. Creasy to do the work, and he had done so, and that
after his usual office hours.
Mr. PEcKErr seconded the motion.

Mr. SILAS TAYLOR thought it rather a peculiar sort of
proceeding, but after he heard that Mr. Creasy had worked
after his usual office hours he should not oppose the motion.
Mr. FREEMAN replied, and
The CHAIRMAN put the motion, which passed unani-
mously.

The Main Drainage Committee brought up their report,
recommending that the salary of the chief engineer (Mr.
J. W. Bazalgette) be raised from £1,500 to £2,000 per an-
num ; that ho be allowed £2OO per annum for travelling
and incidental expenses, as heretofore, and that the resolu-

tion of the Board of the 21st of November, 1862, be altered
and varied accordingly. That the salaries of the engineers,
Messrs. Lovick, Grant, and Cooper, be raised from £5OO to
£BOO per annum each; that they be allowed £2OO pr
annum each for travelling and incidental expenses, as
heretofore ; and that the resolution of the Board of the Ist
of November, 1861, bo varied and altered accordingly.
Mr. FREEMAN moved the adoption of the repc,rt, and
Mr. PECKETT seconded the motion.
Mr. SAVAGE objected to tho report being received, and
moved an amendment—" That the salary of the chief en-
gineer be raised from £1,500 to £2,000 per annum; that
he be allowed £2OO per annum for travelling and incidental
expenses, until the completion of the Main Drainage works
and those works already ordered by the Board, for the im-
provement of the main sewers under Schedule D to the
Metropolis Local Management Act, when such allowance
shall cease and determine, and that the resolution of the
Board of the 21st of November, 1862, be altered and varied
accordingly. That the salaries of the assistant engineers,
Messrs. Lovick, Grant, and Cooper, be raised from £5OO to
£BOO per annum each ; that they be allowed £2OO per an-
num each for travelling and incidental expenses, until the
completion of the Main Drainage works and those works
already ordered by the Board, for the improvement of the
main sewers under Schedule D to the Metropolis Local
Management Act, when such allowance shall cease and
determine ; and that the resolution of the Board of the Ist
of November, 1861, be altered and varied accordingly."
After some discussion the amendment was negatived on
a show of hands by a large majority.
Mr. H. L. TAYLOR moved a second amendment, to the
effect that Mr. Bazalgette's salary be raised to £l,BOO per
annum, and after an animated discussion it was negatived
by a majority of 25 to 9.
carried by a majority of 28 to 5.
s of the assistant
The motion for increasing the salaries The original motion was then put, and upon a division
engineers from £5OO to £BOO per annum was then proposed,
t
agreed to.
increas6 by £lOO, the original
motionhe begged on behalf of him-
self and after an unavailing attempt
Mr. J. W'. j3k.ZALGETTE said—rs
to thank the Board for the
to reduce the proposed
self and the assistant 9 '1
ng/i eshould be borne in mind that
vote it had just passed.
tyounger. The work of the Board
they were not getting
had greatly increased during the last ten years, and it was
his opinion that it would increase still more during the
next ten years. They had more experience in the work
now than they had ten years ago, and, indeed, they were
now so enthusiastic in it that it had become to them a
labour of delight. They had always given their best
energies to the Board, and under any circumstances they
would continue to do so. However much the work might
increase, they would never be found to grumble at it—
(hear, hoar)—but would get through it to the best of their
abilities. (Hear.) It was gratifying to them to find that
their energies had been appreciated in such a manner by
the board, and it would encourage them to persevere in
tha same course with greater energy. (Hear.)

'/VSPAPE

withdrawn the word " dishonourable,"
another, the only difference between ti
word was Parliamentary and the other was not. He was
not for restricting the liberty of speech, but let hon. gentle-
men keep within Parliamentary rules. Had Mr. Taylor re-
mained he should have been satisfied, for all matters of that
kind should be settled at the time. The leaving of the room
was a mistake, and a great mistake, but he trusted it would
be the last they would hear of anything of the kind.
(Hear, hear.)
Mr. H. L. TAYLOR said he had no right to bo exposed to
such an unmeasured attack, and especially from one who
was so unscrupulous in his observations.
The matter then dropped.
THE BLACKMAN-STREET SEWER ACCIDENT.
The chief engineer to the board (Mr. J. W. Bazalgette)
brought up the following report on the state of the Black-
man-street (Borough) sewer:—
"Engineer's Department, Oct. 12, 1865.
"I submit herewith Dr. Henry Letheby's report of tho re-
sult of his examination of the sample of sewage taken from
the main sewer in Blackman-street, Borough, shortly after
the late accident, and I recommend that the solicitor to the
board be instructed to servo a notice upon the Aerated
Bread Company, requiring them at once to desist from'dis-
charging their manufacturing refuse into the sewer.
"J. W. BAZALGETTE, Engineer."
" ' DR. LETREBY'S REPORT.
" College Laboratory, London Hospital, Oct. 9.
" ' Dear Sir,—ln accordance with your request I have to
report to you, for the information of the Metropolitan
Board of Works, the result of the examination of the sample
of the sewage taken from the main sewer in Blackman_
street, Borough,where an accident occurred on the 14th ult.
to three of the men engaged in flushing the sewer. The
material was sent to me on the 2d inst., and it was contained
in a quart wine bottle. It was giving off abundance of
sulphuretted hydrogen and carbonic acid, and on analysis I
found it consisted of carbonate of lime, in the form eLphalk
or whiting, and sulphate of lime mixed with the 'ffsual
black deposit of sewage. The composition of it was- the
same as that which I examined in June last from a sewer
in Beech-lane, Barbican, into which the refusefrom ono of
the establishments of the Aerated Bread Company was dis-
charged. I may state also that in that case, as in the pre-
sent, the quantity of foul air evolved into the atmosphere of
the sewer was so great as to bo dangerous to human life—
in fact, the workmen were afraid to enter the sewer, and it
was a subject of complaint by the engineer of the Commis-
sioners of Sewers. I was requested to inquire into it. I
found that the Aerated Bread Company were in the habit
of employing a mixture of whiting and oil of vitriol for the
generation of carbonic acid, used in the vesiculation of the
bread, and that when this mixture had ceased to evolve the
gas in sufficientquantity for their purpose, it was discharged
into the sewer, where it continued to give off carbonic acid
in such volume as to render the atmosphere unwholesome.
About half a ton of this refuse was let into the sewer at a
time, and I have reason to believe that it was not only
evolving carbonic acid, but it was also, from its acid na-
ture, causing the escape of sulphuretted hydrogen from the
sewer mud. Judging, therefore, from this analogy, I have
no doubt that the material found in the main sewer in
Blackman-street has had a similar origin—namely, in the
neighbouring bakery of the Aerated Bread Company, and
that foul air which was so nearly fatal to the worlanen
was the carbonic acid evolved from the material. As to
the remedy for the danger which arises from the discharge
of such matters into the sewers, I am not able to offer
much advice, except by pointing out the necessity for the
adoption of some means whereby the discharge of noxious
matters into the public sewers may be regulated, if not en-
tirely stopped. The records of the fatal accidents in the
sewers of this metropolis show how, under ordinary cir-
cumstances, by the natural processes of decomposition, the
sewage may evolve sufficient carbonic acid and sulphu-
retted hydrogen to be dangerous to human life, but when,
as in the present instance, the proportions of these gases
aro largely increased by the chymical action of manufac-
turing refuse:the danger may be serious. Experiment has
proved that the air with less than 10 per cent, of carbonic
acid, or with only from 1 to 2 cent. of sulphurettod hydrogen
may be immediately fatal to animal life ; and although these
proportions do not often exist in the atmosphere of the metro-
politan sewers, yet they may bo easily generated by the ac-
tion of acid refuse upon the sewer mud. There is, indeed,
a remarkable instance of this in an accident which occurred
in the Fleet-lane sewer in the month of February, 1861,
when four men wore instantly killed. The gas which de-
stroyed them was sulphuretted hydrogen, and I have no
doubt it was produced by the chemical action of acid re-
fuse from a neighbouring factory upon the mud of the
sewer in which they were working. Other cases have also
come under my notice where more or less mischief has
arisen from like causes, and considering the importance of
the subject I am of opinion that certain restrictions should
be placed on the discharge of manufacturing refuse into
the pubiic sewers.--I remain, dear sir, yours truly,
" J. W. Bazalgette, Esq." " Ily. LETIIDEY.
The report was received and adopted, and ordered to be
entered on the minutes of the Board.

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