The Sun.
London, England, 1856-10-01 00:00:00

GORTSCHAKOFF'S CIRCULAR.

Le Nord of Sunday speaks of the despatch of Prince
G.,rtschakoff in the following terns :—" We publish to.
day the text of a circular addressed by Prince Gort-
ehakoff, Minister of Foreign Affairs of his Majesty the
E,operor Alexander 11., to the repieientatives of RUS
sia, in foreign countries. This document appeared this
morning in the Cologne Gazette. Its importance cannot
but strike every one. It is the clear and precise pro-
gramme of the foreign policy which the Emperor's go-
vernment has adopted. It is the c implement of the
official documents that have emanated from the Empe-
ror himself, or his minister, and of which we bad pre-
vious knowledge."
On Monday the authenticity of the document wns
again recognised.

THE GENERAL INDUSTRY SOCIETY.

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TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SlR,—Will you favour me with space in your journal
to say that the connection of my name with the Gene-
ral Industry Life and Fire Assurance and Sick Fund
Friendly Society is entirely unauthorised, that I have
never known anything whatever of such a society or hal
any interest therein.—l am, &c.,

J. T. BROOKS.
Britiih Freehold Land and Permanent Building
Companies, 8, New Bridge•street, Blackfriars,
September 29.

The Countess de Neuilly, accompanied by the Duke
and Duciie-;s de Nemours, and attended by a numer.ns
suite, returned to Claremont yesterday, from Oxford, in
Ivbich city the members of the ex-royal family have been
4°i'xtrning aince Saturday laat.

METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS.
(This Day).

THE SEWERAGE QUESTION.

A meeting of the Metropolitan Board of Works was
held this afternoon at the Council-chamber, Guildhall,
to " consider the report of the engineer of the Board on
the whole question of the northern and southern drain-
age, with comparative estimates of different points of
outfall and modes of disposing of the sewage."
The report above alluded to, with the cost of the same,
have already been published in The Sun.
Mr. LESLIE moved the rejection of the report, on the
ground that the plan propounded by the engineer was
inapplicable and too expensive. He argued in favour
of the adoption of a plan that would save the sewage,
which might be sold to the manure merchants and a
large annual sum realised thereby, which would go to-
wards liquidating the cost of the undertaking. The board
ought to pause and consider where the money was to come
from for such an enormous outlay as was required for
carrying out either of the proposed plans. It would be
impossible for them to raise three, four, or five millions
for the drainage of the metropolis. If, however, they
reduced the size of the sewers proposed, and the work-
ing establishments to be connected with them, and
divided the surface water from the drainage, they might
get a plan within reasonable limits, the money for
which they might be able to raise.

The motion was not seconded, and it consequently
fell to the ground.

On the question that the report of the engineer be
taken into consideration, a long discussion arose on a
point of order, whether the resolution of the 12th of Au
gu3t, negativing any outfall on the south side of the
Thames prevented the board from again taking a scheme
providing for such an eutfall into their consideration,
without previously rescinding that resolution.

The Chairman and the Clerk gave it as their opinion
that the board must rescind the resolution of the 12th of
August, before they could consider a plan of drainage
for the south side.

Mr. Flows moved that the board should consider the
fourth proposition in the report, and adopt that part of
its fixing the discharge at Sea Reach (marked D on the
plan), He felt certain the public would not object to
the cost of a scheme that would effectually drain the
metropolis and carry the sewage a distance of 40 miles
from the city. He urged the board not to delay further
the consideration of the scheme. Already the subject
had been under the consideration of the members for 8
months. All must or ought to be conversant with it,
and capable of giving an opinion, and come to a decision
on it.

Mr. DHNNER seconded the motion. •
Mr. SEELEY reminded the Board that on the 17th
June the Board passed a resolution approving so much
of the engineer's report ae related to the discharge in
Barking Creek (making the discharge at the south' side
A on the plan), on which
The CHAIRMAN said that, that resolution must be re.
scinded before he could put the motion of Mr. How s in
its present form. It was competent for any member to
move today that the outfall. should be on the north side.
Mr. ➢OULTON moved that the outfall of the southern
drainage should be at D marked on the plan (Sea Reach).
The hon. gentleman was about to discuss portions of
the engineer's report, when
Mr. Deputy HARltigorr rose to order.

The CHAIRMAN said that he thought it would be better
for the board to adjourn the discussion on the question
till after the resolutions referred to in the discussion had
been rescinded, when they would be able to enter fully
into all the propositions in the Engineer's report.
The suggestion was agreed to, and the discussion
accordingly adjourned.

'he Armonia, continues to find evidence satis-
factory to its own editors of the health and pro-
sperity of Ciceruacchio, although the Austrian
journals are most pruAently silent on the subject.
It is said, on good authority, that the Sardinian
Parliament will not meet again until the begin-
ning of next year. At present it stands adjourned
to the end of November.
it is believed that the outlay of the Austrian
Ambassador Extraordinary at the Czar's corona-
tion has amounted to nearly 2,000,0001, or about
200,0001. sterling.
The authorities at Milan are said to be casting
about in every direction in search of noblemen to
meet the Emperor of Austria and present an ad-
dress to him.
According to the foreign papers the Countess de
Chambord is enceinte, but the truth of the state-
ment is denied in Vienna.
The Earl and Countess of Hardwicke are entertaining
a select circle of friends at their seat, near Southampton.
Madame Ristori is performing at Brussels.
The-concession for lighting Madrid with gas has been
awarded to the Spanish Credit Mobilier.
The Bishop of London yesterday morning formally
lodged his resignation with the Archbishop of Canterbury.
The Genoa Corriere Mercantile announces that Lord
John Russell was shortly expected at Turin.
The health of Lord John Manners, M.P. for Col-
chester, is, we (Essex Herald) regret to hear, in a very
precarious state.
It is reported that Captain Ha2kett, an officer who
lost an arm in the service, has been selected by Sir
Charles Wood to fill the vacancy at Greenwich Hospital,
caused by the lamented decease of the late Captain
Mowbray.

THE SHERIFFS' DINNER.—The inauguration of Mr.
John Joseph Mechi and Mr. Frederick Keats was
celebrated last night by a grand banquet at the London
Tavern, Bishopsgate-street. The entertainment dis-
played to the greatest advantage the resources of the
establishment. The guests numbered upwards of 220.
In Piedmont the subscriptions for the armament of
Alessandria continue to pour in. Following the ex-
ample of M. Cavour, the Chevalier Alphonse de la
Marmora and M. Ratazzi, Minister of the Interior,
have just subscribed 2001. each.
A special meeting of the Peel River Land and Mineral
Company was held yesterday, when a resolution was
passed authorising the directors to take the necessary
measures for bringing the undertaking under limited
liability.
It appears that trader debtor summonses have been

tAken out in Bankruptcy against Mr. Alderman Ken-
nedy and Mr. F. J. Law, with regard to an alleged
claim of the Newcastle Banking Company for 4,0001.
and interest. The question of liability has, however, yet
to be decided, and the demand may not be eventually
sustained.

BANKRUPTCY OF J. VT. ROBSON.—At the Court of
Bankruptcy yesterday a petition was opened against the
estate of W. J. Robson, lately in the service of the
Crystal Palace Company, who is described as an anti-
mony smelter.
NEW LINE OF STEAMERS TO THE WEST COAST OF
AFRICA.—LIVERPOOL, Tuesday.—On the Ist December
next, the firm of Messrs. W. H. Laird and Co. will corn-
m‘nce running steamers between this port and the Oid
Calabar and Banny Rivers, a line which will, no doubt,
give a great impetus to the trade between Liverpool and
the West Coast of Africa.
EXHIBITION OP LOCAL ART AT MANCHESTER.—It is
intended to have an exhibition of the works of loc.J and
native artists in the new picture gallery, which is being
erected in Peel-park, adjoining the present museum.
A MILLER FINED FOR SELLINGADULTERATED FLOUR.

—At the Bothnia Guildhall, a few days ago, Mr. Win.
Lander, of Berrycombe Mills, in that borough, was
fined in the mitigated penalty of 10/. and costs for sell-
ing flour adulterated with rice.
SUSPENSION OF A GOODS' TRAFFIC MANAGER.—We
are sorry to learn that, in consequence of some irregula-
rities in his department, Mr. Samuel Salt, goods mana-
ger of the London and North-Western Railway Com-
pany (north-eastern division) in this city, has been for
the present suspended.—Manchester'Guardian.
ART-MANTJFACITURE ASSOOIATION.—Edinburgh, in
addition to its School of Philosophy and recent literary
reputation, its native Academy of Arts and School of
Design, and its general architectural embellishment, has
put forth yet another claim to be considefed the '" mo-
dern Athens" in the formation of an Association for the
Encouragement of Art Manufacture.
IMPORTANT EXPERIMENTS .—A series of important
experiments will be made at Shoeburyness to-morrow
with the monster wrought-iron gun, manufactured by
the Mersey Steel and Iron Company. Some hundreds
range
tr Iv of
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Lf thezths
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of rounds will be fired to ascertain the accuracy and
gun.3,r
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presence
—A man named Knight, car-
rying on the trade of a butcher, in Chapel-street, West-
minster, was fined 51. yesterday, at the Westminster
Police-court, for selling unwholesome meat.
Stowell, the informer, was yesterday committed for
trial by Mr. Elliott, for obtaining 51. by fraud from
Mrs. Penny, the landlady cf the Newington Arms
public-house.
At the Southwark Police-court, yesterday, Mr. John
Marsh, a weigher in the Customs, was charged, with
another man not in custody, with unlawfully inciting
each other to the commission of unnatural practices.
Thu case was remanded until Thursday next. Bail
was accepted for 'the prisoner's appearance.
THE FRENCH IN ALGERIA.—The army of occupation,
we are told by the official returns, costs annually
2,500,000/., which for 100,000 men is certainly not an
exorbitant estimate. The Government and police cost
about 400,0001. The civil administration and attempts
at colonization cost about 300,000/. The highest year
of receipts was about 89,000/. There is at present,
therefore, an annual balance of 2,400,060/. against the
colony.
REDUCTION OF POSTAGE ON LETTERS TO MAURITIUS
Be PRIVATE SHIP.—By the provisions of a Treasury
warraiit, dated 9th instant, the postage on letters con-
veyed by private ship between the United Kingdom and
Mauritius is reduced to a combined British and colonial
rate of—For a letter not exceeding half an ounce in
weight, 6d, ; exceeding half an ounce, and not exceeding
one ounce, is. ; exceeding one ounce and not exceeding
two ounces, 2s. ; and so on, increasing one shilling for
every additional ounce or fraction of an ounce. The
postage of letters to Mauritius may be paid in advance,
or the lettrrs may be for Warded unpaid, at the option of
the sender.—By command of the Postmaster-General,
ROWLAND Hu z, Elecretary.