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

GORTSCHAKOFFS CIRCULAR.

Le Nord of Sunday speaks of the despatch of Prince
Gortschakoff in the following terms :—" We publish to-
day the text of a circular addressed by Prince Gort-
schakoff, Minister of Foreign Affairs of his Majesty the
Emperor Alexander 11., to the representatives of RuE3•
eia 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 bas adopted. It is the complement of the
official documents that have emanated from the Empe-
ror himself, or his minister, and of which we had pre-
vious knowledge."
On Monday the authenticity of the document was
again recognised.

THE GENERAL INDUSTRY SOCIETY.

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TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SIR, —Will you favour me with epace in your journal
to say that the connection of my name with the Gene-
a,l 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 had
any interest therein.—l am, &c.,
J. T. BROeKS.
British Freehold Land and Permanent Building
Companies, 8, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars,
September 29,

The Countess de Neuilly, accompanied by the Duke
and Duchess de Nemours, and attended by a numerous
suite, returned to Claremont yesterday, from Oxford, in
whith city the members of the ex-royal family have been
aclQuzning Nino Saturday last,

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 4 S un.
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
gust, negativing any outfall on the south side of the
Thames prevented the board from again taking a scheme
providing for such an outfall 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. Howe 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. DENNES 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 a 3 related to the discharge in
Barkinf),, 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 sin
its present form. It v;a9 competent for any member to
move to-day that the outfall should be on the north side.

Mr. DOULTON moved that the outfall of the southern
draina;e 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 iIA7IBISOIT rose to order.

The CHAIRMAN Said that be thought it would be better

for the beard to arijourn 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.

The Armonk continues to find evidence satis-
factory to its own editors of the health and pro-
sperity of Ciceruacchio, although the Austrian
journals are most prudently sil;nt 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 2,000,00011., or about
200,000/. sterling.
The a4orities at Milan are said to be casting
about in iiiery 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 sta,.e-
merit is denied iu Vienna.

The Earl and Countess of Hardwicke are entertaining
a sel,ct circle of iriends at their seat, near Snithampten.
Madame Rktori h performing at Brussels.
•The concession for lighting Madrid with gas has been
awarded to the Spanish Credit Mobilier.

The Bishop of Londm yesterday morning formally
lodged hiB resignation with the Archbishop of Canterbury.
The Genoa Cotriere Mercantile announces that Lard
John Russell was shortly expected at Turin.
The hea!th of Lard John Manners, M.P. for Col•
c!if,ster, is, wo (Essex Herald) regret to hear, in a very
precaiipus gat°.

his reported that Captain Hackett, 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 SHERIFF3' DINNER.—The inauguration of Mr.
John Joseph Mechi and Mr. Frederick Keats was
celebratei 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 Pied:nont 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

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
clai-u 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. It )bson, 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 let December
next, the firm of Messrs. W. H. Laird and Co. will com-
mence running steamers between this port and the Old
Calabar and Bonny Rivers, a line which will, no doubt,
give a great impetus to the trade between Liverpool and
the WeA Coast of Africa,
EXHIBITION OP LOCAL ART AT MANOHESTER.—It is
intended to have an exhibition of the works of local and
native artists in the new picture gallery, which is being
erected in Peel-park, adjoining the present museum.
A MILLER FINED FOR SELLINGADIILTERATED FLOUR,
—At the Bodmin Guildhall, a few days ago, Mr. Win.
Lander, of Berrycombe Mills, in that borough, was
fined in the mitigated penalty of 101. 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•castern division) in this city, has boon for
the present suspended.—Manchester Guardian.
ART-MANDIFACTITRE ASSOCIATION.—Edinburgh, in
addition to its School of Philosophy and recent literary
reputation, its Dative Academy of Arts and School of
Design, and its general architectural embellishment, has
put forth yet another claim to be considered the " mo-
dthe with re uAt
Merseyhthe monster
Steel" in the formation of an Association for the
Encouragement of Art-Manufacture.
IMPORTANT EXPERIMENTS.—A series of important
experiments will be made at Shoeburynees to-morrow
of
the
enst and Iron
gun,erwroughtbpairoomnny. s
manufactured
hundreds
dbdys
of rounds will be fired to ascertain the accuracy and
range
gun. The trials are to be made in the
_NWHOLESOME MEAT.--A man named Knight, presencecar-
rying of the select committee of artillery officers.
the
finedtrad Si.
e of a butcher, in Chapel-street, West-
minster, on
s
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 of 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.
The 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
9,500,0001., which for 100,000 men is certainly not an
exorbitant estimate. The Government and police cost
about 400,0001. The civil administration and attempts
colonization
80,0001.30 T
0, 0 0 O/
h. e r The hies highesta t
present, year
of receipts r, a
• b
therefore, an annual balance of 2,400,0001. against the
colony.
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