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THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENINGI-3 JULY 23, 1846.

well, from which an engine will pun%) it into iron pipes.
This process will be carried on in a closed building, and any
fcetid exhalations from the liquid during the short period it
remains exposed to the atmosphere, will be conveyed into
the furnace of the steam-engine. Any silt deposited in the
well by the running water will likewise be removed from the
well within this covered building. The station-house will
not, therefore, be a cause of nuisance, and the liquid will be
removed in a far less offensive state than that in which it is
now found, when backed in the open sewer by the high tide,
and stagnating for hours together in the immediate vicinity
of an inhabited eistrict, to be afterwards poured forth at low
tide into the open bed of the river."
Thus, therefore, will a great public benefit be
secured without the infliction of any private evil.
But, although the inhabitants of the metropolis will
greatly benefit by the removal of this pollution, the
advantage which will accrue to them is small indeed
in comparison with that which the agricultural in-
terest will derive. _ _

"It is true (as is observed by the Committee) that this
measure has lost something of its efficiency, in consequence
of the abandonment of the reservoirs. The result of this
concession is, that no more sewage can be drawn at any time
from the drains than can be disposed of at the moment to the
agriculturist; but even this comparatively imperfect measure
will try a great experiment, and if the confident expectation 4
of your committee are accomplished, it will not fail ultimately
to realise all the advantages which were originally contem-
plated. 111r1Dickenson has proved the efficiency of liquid
manures. The
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have f
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thesrlome.vannftlhAelr. Harvey, of Glasgow, have establi,hed the
fact that liquid manure may be applied at a cheap rate, by
means of the mechanical contrivance of service pipes and
hoses, to crops in every stage of their growth."
It is in the application of the liquid manures of
great cities, supplied at a cheap rate, that the agri-
cultural interest will find a compensation, and more
than a compensation, for any loss they may sustain by
a repeal of the corn-laws ; indeed, there is every
reason to hope that by the judicious application of
the sewage manure, which has hitherto been suffered
to run to waste, the fertility of the soil will be so in-
creased, that England will not only produce a suf-
ficiency of corn for the consumption of her population,
but that she may become, as she was a century since,
a corn exporting country. The sewage of great
cities is a mine of unexplored wealth, the value of
which no man can calculate. Wisely, therefore, have
the Committee acted in introducing into the Bill the
following provision :
" 2. That the state should reserve to itself the power of
resuming its entire property in the sewage, after a certain
period, upon conditions to be specified in the Bill."

The King of PRUSSIA has issued an ordonnance,
confirming, definitively, M. DR BODELSCRWINGR, in
the office of the Minister of the Interior, the duties
of which he has performed for the last two years. This
ordonnance proves that the rumours that were in
circulation, that M. D'ARMIN was about to resume
the portfolio of the Interior are without foundation.
The new Minister is much more liberal in his ideas
than M. D'ARMIN.

The Augsburg Gazette has the following from
Vienna, 12th inst. :—" Mr. WAartoaN has addressed
to the Ambassadors of Prussia, Bavaria, and Wurtem-
burg, a circular, stating that Germany should lose
no time in establishing, as soon as possible, a railroad
between the Adriatic and the North Seas, if she
wishes to prevent the superiority of France, which
proposes to form a line from Marseilles to Boulogne.
Mr. WAGRORN requests the Ambassadors to transmit
his circular to their respective Governments."
The St. Petersburgh Gazette publishes the following
account of an engagement which took place in the
Caucasus on the 24th May:—

" Lieut.- Colonel Sousloff, commanding the regiment of Cos-
sacks of Grebensk, having received intelligence that a large
body of Circassian cavalry had made their appearance at
Akboulat Yourt, a village situate on the right bank of the
Teneck, immediately marched on the threatened point, and,
reckoning on the co-operation of the moveable column o
Colonel Baron Meller Zakomelsky, crossed the river. Im-
patient to fall in with the enemy, Lieut. Colonel Sousloff ad-
vanced with seven officers and 82-CossacksrWithout
foi the remainder of his regiment: After proceeding about
eight vents this handful of heroes discovered the vedettes of
the rebels, and were immediately surrounded on all sides.
The only choice for them was, a disgraceful light or an ho-
nourable death. The Cosacks did not hesitate a moment,
but, dismounting, stabbed their horses and made a rampart
of their bodies. In vain did more than 1,500 mountaineers
led on by the fanatic Naibs, make repeated charges on them ;
the Cossacks remained firm, and repulsed every attack by a
murderous fire. This unequal combat lasted more than two
hours. The Cossacks had five men killed and forty-nine
wounded, as well as all their officers except Lieutenant-
Colonel Sousloff and Major Kamboff, the latter of whom re
ceived some severe contusions. By this time the Cossacks
had expended all their ammunition, and were, by the orders
of their valiant chief, preparing their poignards to resist a
last attack which the enemy were preparing to make, when
some bodies of Russian infantry acivariced from different
points to their rescue, and the rebels, fearing to be in their
turn surrounded, fled for refuge to the mountains."

The Grand Duchess °Los of Russia was married
on the 7th instant at the Palace of Peterhoff to the
Prince Royal of Wirtemburg.

Intelligence has been received from Rothe to the
11th instant.

The Government Commissioners have negatived the
proposition for disbanding the Swiss troops by a ma•
jority of two. There is to be a railway communica-
tion established between the Adriatic and the Medi-
terranean, by means of a Rome and Ancona and
a Rome and Civita Vecchia Railway. The POPE
has given his consent to the, construction of
these railways, and it is said that his HOLINESS will
likewise sanction a line to the Legations. There is
some delay in the appointment of Under-Secretary
for Foreign Affairs. Austria protests against the ap-
pointment of Cardinal Giza', and recommends Prince
ALTIEEI, formerly Nuncio at Vienna, for that post•
This recommendation is protested against by Count
Rossi, the French Ambassador, who supports the pre•
tensions of Cardinal Gizzi. Don MIGUEL, who is
living at Rome, in a state of great distress, had a pri-
vate audience of his HOLINESS a short time since, for
the purpose of soliciting a continuance of the pension
of 3,000 scudi, which had 'been allowed to him by
the late POPE.

A concordat has been agreed on between Spain
and Rome, dependent, however, on the adoption by
the Spanish Cortes of a measure for the dotation of
the clergy.

Madrid papers to the 16th have arrived. The star
of Don ENRIQUE seems at present in the ascendant,
and the friends of Don FRANCISCO de PAULA are
about to establish a journal, conducted on moderate
Progressista principles, for the purpose of advocating
his claims. There were rumours in Madrid of dis-
turbances having broke out in the Basque provinces,
but they were not generally credited.

The following from Lisbon, of the date of July 11,
is given in the Herald° :
" The Portuguese emigrants this day made their entry
into the capital, on which occasion the Septembrist party
made a great display of their forces. Some seditious cries
were even heard. The Patriota, a journal opposed to the
present Ministry, says that the country is in a deplorable
state, and that a fresh revolution is inevitable, unless the
Government changes its course of proceeding. M. Fonseca
Msgalhaes, who has succeeded in escaping from Coimbra,
arrived at Lisbon on the 9th. The movement at Coimbra
has, it is said, been succeeded by another at Santarem, the
junta of which would not dissolve itself. At Coimbra the
inhabitants of the country round had armed themselves for
the defence of the town, in case the Government should
act against them. While the Radical party triumphs at
Coimbra the Miguelist party every day acquires fresh
strength in Oporto and in the Algarves, and a serious colli-
sion between the people and the troops is anticipated. At
Elvas the corps in garrison do not seek to conceal their dis-
content, and the Government, fearing a fresh pronunciamiento,
had ordered General Celestino to that place., '

MADRID BOLSA, JULY 16.—The Three per Cents.
were done at 33i for cash ; the Five per Cents. at
20i ; the Debt without Interest at 6 ; the shares of
the Bank of San Fernando at 390 ; and those of Isa-
bel at 208.

We have received the Paris papers of Tuesday, the
leading articles of- the whole of which are devoted
exclusively to the approaching elections.
The Prince DE JoiNvILLE and his squadron were,
on the 12th, at Lampedoss, steering towards Tripoli.
It is expected that his Royal Highness will visit
Alexandria before he returns to Toulon.
A fatality seems at present to attend the French
railways. We find the following in the Journal de
la Somme,:

"About four o'clock on Saturda
evening, at the moment
Boulogne Railway, situate of a heavy shower, a portion of theytunnel of the Amiens and
Sisters of Mercy, suddenly fell in. The accident was attri-
buted to various causes, which, however, we shall not tuate in front of the convent of the
men-
tion, as they will most certainly be strictly inquired into by
the chief engineer charged with the direction of the works.
The storm had most fortunately caused the workmen to quit
the tunnel, otherwise a great loss of life would have most pro-
bably ensued."
These repeated accidents have caused quite a panic
among the railway speculators on the Bourse.
The Three per Cents. closed at 83f. 10c. ; the Five per Cents.,
121E65c. ; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,262 f. 50c. ; Rouen,
960 f. ; Havre, 660 f. ; Great Northern, 688 f. 75c. ; Avignon,
855 f. ; Vierzon, 595 f. ; Bordeaux, 522 f. 50c. ; Boulogne, 450 E ;
4f• ;
Troyes and Montereau, 367 f. 30e. • ' Basle, 215 E ; ampoux,F
407 f. 50c. ; Paris and Strasburg, 80
Tours and Nantes,
482 f. 50f. ; Paris and Lyons, 493 f. 75c. ; Spanish Domestic
Debt, 32.
The following are the quotations for the new lines :
Lyons and Avignon Definitives, 470 f. ; Bordeaux and
Cette ditto, 460 E

BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, I iria 22.
Boulogne and Asideus, 12—Lyons una: Avignon, —.Namur ad