The Sun.
London, England, 1860-05-11 00:00:00

KNAVESMIRE PLATE.

Hefty
Meyerbeer

1
2

Twelve ran.

SPRING ST. LEGER.

Cape Flyaway
Andover colt
Sampson
Eight ran.

RACING FIXTURES FOR 1860.
MAY.

Harpenden lB I
Epsom 22
Ju

Ascot 5
Hampton l3
Newton 13
Odiham .. 19
Beverley 2O

Manchester 3O
Hungerford

Newmarket J. 3
Carlisle
Worcester 5
Liverpool
Abingdon .. 12

Bibury Club 20
Stockbridge 2l
Winchester 22
Chelmsford 26
Newcastle 26

AUG

Brighton
1
Brighton Club 3
Wolverhampton
Reading 8
Radcliffe l3
Egham
SEPT]
Warwick
Doncaster 11
Chesterfield l7
Leicester l9
_ _ OCTC

Bedford
Newmarket S 0
NOVEI
Ilereford
Liverpool Autumn . 7 I
IREL
Ju:
- -

Nottingham ....17
Stamford l9
Marlborough
Goodwood 24

Oxford
Plymouth 21
York
Lichfield 27
Stockton 2B
Derby 29

Monmouth 2O
Manchester Autumn 21
Newmarket F.O. .. 26

,BER.

Newmarket H 22
Worcester Autumn 30

MISER.

Shrewsbury Autumn , . ~ 11

.AND.

Wieklow ....
i

Curragh ..2i

Jui
Bellowstown 11 1

Down Royal Cup ..24

THE MAIN DRAINAGE SCUEME.

At the meeting of the City Sewers Commission
in the Guildhall, on Tuesday, Mr. Deputy Christie
in the chair,
Dr. Ross called attention to a statement which
had been wade in the House of Commons and the
public journals, that it was the intention of the
Metropolitan Board of Works to construct their
great intercepting sewer along Fleet-street, instead
of, as was their first intention, along the banks of
the Thames, a change which would, in his opinion,
be absolutely ruinous to the district in the very
heart of the City of London. He hoped his friend,
Mr. Deputy Harrison, who was one of the City
representatives on the Metropolitan Board, would
be able to make some satisfactory statement as to
the exact position of the question before that board,
and meanwhile he begged to mos e that it should bo
referred to the improvement committee to inquire
into the alleged intention of the Metropolitan
Board to run their intercepting sewer along Fleet-
street,
in order that they might, if necessary, take
steps to prevent the execution of a plan which must
be so ruinous to the City. (Hear, hear.)
Mr. Deputy HARRISON said a report by Mr. Ba-
zalgette and Mr. Haywood was some time since laid
before the Metropolitan Board in favour of com-
bining the construction of a sewer with the embank-
ment of the river—a question, however, which was
attended with great difficulties. He might, how-
ever, say that the line of thelhtereepting sewer was
not yet a settled line, for the,board were waiting to
see whether they could not bg negotiation arrange
for carrying it along the river, which was the best
of all routes. Eight or nine months ago the Board
appointed a committee to wait on the conservators
of the River Thames and the Board of Admiralty,
to see whether they would co-operate in carrying
out that great object, but the conservators had
no funds with which to enter upon an embank-
ment, and he believed the question was still before
them. When their answer had been received the
committeenswe would
hat be it w
apply to
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their
The motion, which was enlarged so as to make
the reference general as to the route of the sewer
through the City, was then unanimously agreed to.