The Sun.
London, England, 1856-11-22 00:00:00

AI MIDALE,

We copy the following items from the Armidale
Express of the 2d inst.
ARMIDALE AND ROCKY RIVER MAIL.—The first direct
mail from Armidale to the Rocky River was despatched
from the Armidale post-office on Thursday morning last.
In future regular mail communication will take place
between the two localities on the following days :
Mails from Armidale on Mondays and Thursdaya, at 10
a.m. ; from the Rocky River on Sundays and Wednes-
days, at 2 o'clock p.m. We have much satisfaction in
being enabled to inform the public of the establishment
of such a boon.

A SECOND RALPH STACKPOLE."—We have been
favoured by Mr. Bradshaw, chief constable, with the
following particulars in
,reference to the capture of a
daring rascal on Thursday evening last. A little be-
fore 10 o'clock p.m., the Government stables, which
are situated in the rear of the Armidale lock-up, were
broken into, and two hogakin saddles removed to the
outside of the building. A short time previous to
this a slab was taken from the back of the chief con-
stable's house; but it is supposed, when the would-be
burglar heard that officer moving inside, he abandoned
the attempt, and bolted off. A villain (who subsequently
gave his name as Edwards)
rushing out of the stables, by the chiet constable and
Mr. Bligh, after a violent resistance. Yesterday, he w___.
was apprehended whilst
brought before the bench, the police magistrate and, 're .
J. Markham, Es q , J. P. and sentenced to be confi
Ad
in Maitland gaol .for two years,
sonees can
more forbidding countenance than the
.parliadebte
d to
with hard.labour.
scarcely be imagined. The community i
success in arresting such a rascal. .
Mr. Bradshaw and Mr. Bligh for their promptitude
arc the terms
RATES OF CARECIAGE.—The following .
auce of
for the con‘ey
of several contracts lately made .
1
goods from Grafton . .
Grafton-15s. and Morpeth to Arm
per cwt., if delivere , d I • Flom
and
i a e •
d .vithin one month.

From Alorpeth-263. per cwt., if delivered within
month ; 24i. per cwt., without time being specified.
ARMIDALE MILL PRICES, August I.—Allingbam's
Mill—fine flour, 50g. per 100Ibs. ; second, 48,. ; ration,
453. ; pollard, 163. ; bran, 143. Wheat, 17.3. per bushel;
the market pretty well supplied. M‘Leau's
Mill—
Flour, 44,. to 463. per 100 lbs. ; pollard, 163. ; bran, 12s.
Wheat, 153. Gd. to Hs, per bushel ; market fairly sup•
plied.

THE MAIN DRAINAGE OUTF-ILL.

(Front the Morning Advertiser.)

If people mean work they must shut their eyes to inciden-
tal grievances, and do anything in the world rather than
occupy their time with collateral discussions. Whether Sir
Benjamin Hall has done this, or the Board of Works that, or
whether this or that might have been done better, are all
questions for discussion when there is nothing more important
in hand. When the grand drainage scheme has been agreed
upon and carried out it will be time enough to debate such
matters ; and when that time comes we undertake to say
they will be so glad to have arrived at their destination that
they will readily shake hands ever any little differences they
may have had upon the road. Now this is exactly what the
Board and Sir Benjamin have agreed to do. There are a great
number of small matters upon which ho or they might, were
they so inclined, raise a very pretty quarrel. But, with much
good sense, they have resolved not to split straws, but to go
heartily into the great work before them, hand-in-hand, and
do their best to meet the vxpectations and the wants of our
monster metropolis.

The Admiralty has stepped in to cement this happy union,
and have given the Chief Commissioner and the Board the
aid of Captain Burstall's calculations, which have already been
employed whoa the fate of plan A had to be decided. Ac-
cording to this able officer's statement with regard to plan B
the water which passes point B at half a mile below the
Half-wiy House will, during spring tides, reach the town
of Woblwich before it is arrested by the ebb stream, and at
neaps a quarter of a mile below the Royal Arsenal. " I
should, therefore," he says, "submit that the nearest point
to London at which the outfall be made (so as at all times to
be certain that the first portion, discharged at an hour and a
half before high water, would not flow in or near the inha-
bited part of the metropolis,) be the upper part of Erith
Reach, 15 miles from London-bridge, seven-eighths of a mile
from Erith church, and a quarter of a mile below Jenning.
tree Point, nearly opposite Rainham Creek." But even at
this point Captain Burstall admits that the sewage would not
be perfectly clear of the eastern limit of the metropolitan
area at spring tides. Upon this point of outfall, however,
the Board and the Chief Commissioner have agreed, and pro-
bably the public may now, as far as the authorities are con-
cerned, consider this part of the business settled.
Fifteen miles, then, from London-bridge, the river, which
hitherto has flowed at that point as silvery as steam-boats
will permit, has been condemned ere long to receive the filth
of both sides of the metropolis. An extension of London in
that direction, any improvement of property, any idea of
seeking salubrity, is at an end, From the time when the
monster throats at Erith Reach and Rainham Creek begin to
vomit forth their pestilent contents proprietors may bid fare-
well to any dreams they have indulged of rising villages ; and
they will look at their handsome villas with a sense of dis-
may, as they reflect that " the sewage is coming," The affair
is net definitively settled, but if we may estimate the hope of
a better arrangement by the satisfaction which the chairman
and deputation of the Board of Works have apparently felt
at the Chief Commissioner's assent to Captain Burstall's point
of outfall, the prospect of a more satisfactory plan proceed-
ing from them, unless some pressure from without is brought
to bear upon them, is slight indeed. We maintain, then,
that however the new plan may recommend itself as more in
accordance with the Act of Parliament, it makes suco a very
small advance upon plan B, that we can only consider it as a
piece of .patch-work, which falls short of what we hoped
would be the decision of the Board and the Commissioner.
And here we must say the blame does not lie with Sir
Benjamin Hall. He has no objection to the drainage being
carried down to Sea Reach ; and though he saddles this con
cession with the qualification that the metropolis ought not
to be made to pay for that extension beyond its own limits,
ho by no means shuts out hope that the Government will
contribute, not only to that, but to any other feasible
scheme. The fault, then, lies with the Board of Works, who
have not given the proposal of -sea drainage sufficient consi-
deration. We adhere to our former opinion upon this sub-
ject. We see all the unfairness we have already pointed out
in plan B in the new plans ; and we sincerely trust that the
Board of Works will yet see the propriety of taking a larger
view of the whole question. They have had their coufabu-
'dim with Sir Benjamin Hall, Let them try if they cannot
come to some understanding *with the proprietors of the
' Thames marshes. These gentlemen have declared their will.
ingness to be taxed for any plan which will comprehend their
wants in the effort to relieve the wants of the metropolis.
Why should their ca-operation be slighted?