The Sun.
London, England, 1848-11-23 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SlR,—Agreeing generally with the letter of a
"Non-resident Elector," in your paper of yesterday,
we surely shall be able to elect a " more fit and pro-
per person" than the Honourable C. Fitz william.
Mr. Edmund Denison ought to be the man, and as he
is probably reluctant to oppose the house of Went-
worth, T. Waite, Esq., ought to be brought out. He
shall have the support of your obedient servant,
A LIBERAL ELECTOR OF THE WEST RIDING.
Near Doncaster, Nov. 23, 1848.

SEWERAGE v. THAMES.
(FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)
" There is no plan for keeping the refuse of our
sewers from polluting the River."—So says Messrs Wal-
ker, Cubitt, and Brunel in their Report to the Sanitary
Board!!!

Science where art thou ? Ingenuity hide your
diminished. head ! Where are the talents of the
country in which we live ? All gone to the tomb of
the Capulets I Well, well! it may be so. The noble
Thames may still remain a stagnant ditch, a filthy
puddle, if this be true,: that. no remedy can be found
so as to prevent this continued pollution of the finest
and most useful river in the world. But is it true
that cure is impossible ? The answer is No ! No-
thing is impossible—" Where there is a will there is a
way ;" and if the money spent on gingerbread phan-
toms were expended on useful national improvements,
then the health of the city of London and the sal-
vation of a noble river may be preserved unpolluted
with the greatest of ease, and without any great en-
gineering difficulties or abilities being required.
If they want it done, there are those ready and
willing to accomplish what seems a difficulty to these
gentlemen. Already one and all of them are over-
burdened with public works. But there are others in
numbers who will he able to accomplish the preserving
of the River from pollution.—Yours, &c.,
It. RELTIE, C.E.
Liverpool, Nov. 22, 1848.

SEWAGE OF LONDON.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SlR,—Several communications having lately ap-
peared in your paper upon the subject of the enclosed
paragraph, I have thought it probable you might con-
sider it of sufficient general interest to give it a place
in your valuable journal.—l am, Sir, your humble
servant, J. W. S.
27, Mount-street, Nov. 22.

In the report of the City engineers allusion is made
to the impracticability of diverting the sewage from
the river Thames. They were, probably, unaware of
a suggestion made by Mr. Hamilton Fulton, the en-
gineer, for effecting this desirable object, and which
appears to be quite practicable.
By the plan suggested for improving the drainage
of the district on the north side of the Thames, it was
proposed to convey the sewage along the river shore
in cast iron pipes as far as the Tower-stairs, thence to
be carried in a sewer or pipes along a portion of the
Tower moat, East Smithfield, Ratcliffe Highway,
Upper Shadwell, and the East India Dock-road, into
a reservoir which was proposed to be constructed in
the Plaistow Marshes or their vicinity.
By this plan, the difficulty of passing the dock en-
trances would be obviated, which was mentioned by
Messrs. Cubitt, Brunel, and Walker as an insuperable
objection to any such arrangement.
The importance, nay, the necessity of the Thames
being emancipated from its present filthy condition, is
so great.in a sanitary point of view, that its accom-
plishment would warrant a very large expenditure of
capital, to say nothing of the benefit which would be
derived from the collection of the sewage manure.

A CURE FOR SEIORT WEDSRT.—The local autho-
rities of Marylebone have resolved, under the provisions
of their district Act of Parliament, to publish the names
of any tradesmen of the district who shall have been
three times convicted of using false and fraudulent
weights and measures, and to cause the name, residence,
and calling, and the circumstances attendant on the
conviction, to be publicly advertised in the principal
,daily newspapers.