The Sun.
London, England, 1858-04-26 00:00:00

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Tha preliminary report of the Royal Commission
appointed to inquire into the bast mode of distri-
buting the sewage of towns has been, laid on the
table of the House of Commons.
The Commissioners state that they have paid par-
ticular attention to the case of London, and have
appended the line of a plan, which is altogether
new, for dealing with the sewage of the metropolis.
This is the leading feature of the report ; but the
Commissioners first describe the nature of the in-
quiries that have led to the conclusions at which
they have arrived.
It is observed that the abolition of cesspools and
the general adoption of waterclosets having ren-
dered necessary a more extended system of sewers
of greater capacity, the discharge of so large a body
of sewage into town rivers must be productive of
nuisance and disease among the inhabitants upon
the bank. The Thames, before it reaches the•
point.from which the water supply of London is
at present derived, receives the refuse of districts
containing upwards of 700,000 persons. Not only
theuisntilthe
water, when polluted wit's sewage matter,
eminently, unfit for human consump'iou, but it de-
stroys •
thleiqufiidshs,ewasagwe awsastrhed
the case at
innocuousLeices tci-)r,
chemical processes, since which time the fish have
again appear( d. Iu the prosecution of their in-
quiriesnaenrdso
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Cheltenham,
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purification,eahnpw ohpihaltnii.
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Leicester,o
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of
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in a liquid state to the adjaccni. lands, besichs seve-
ral farms over which manure is used in a similar
manner ; and a deputation visited Milan to observe
the sewage manuring processes adopted in the
neighbourhood of that city. The results have been
found so satisfactery that in some cases very vain-
' able mea,cloiva haVe been created from that which
was formerly mere barren sea sand, while the al-
sorption is so rapid that no offensiveness is appre-
ciable, even in hot weather, within five minutes
after the application of the liquid.
Fur large towns the Commissioners are of opinion
that the precipitation process is the best, ellowing
the water after purification to pass off, and leaving
the thick "slud_e" alone to be used for manuring
purposes. This, theref :re, is the plan which they
propose for London.
Convinced by the representations of Mr. Golds-
worthy Gurney that the mere diversion of the
sewage will not purify the Thames from its present
foul condition, the effect of past accumulations, the
Commissioners recommend the immediate execu-
tion of the embankment scheme, propounded by
tl.e Metropolis Improvement Commission of 1844.
Advanced terraces being constructed, continuous
on the surface, but aff irding convenient entrances
to inner basins for the wharfs above London-
bridge, reservoirs are to be formed in the embank-
ments adjacent to the mouths of the existing
sewers, into which all the sewage is to be received
and deodorised, and from which—the purified water
being first allowed to flow into the river—'.he pre-
cipitated matter will be pumped into the country
or to the sea. The reservoirs and apparatus are to
be beneath the surface, aed consequently invisible ;
so that no nuisance whatever can be appreheadol.
The subsidiary parts of the scheme are the ad, rn-
ment of the river, the relief of the streets by the
terrace carriage ways between London and We.t-
mins or, and the connection by railroad of the
existing termini on the southern shore. The cost
of the entire works is estimated at 3,250,0001., ex-
elusive of any approaches which may be formed in
connection with the new thoroughfares. _

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Dal:lin Society) sonic. o'
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The SicrgeOn Sir
claugerously ..,111 fact, pa
of his recovery.

Wlige't AT CI

The singular Oftheivrecicof Veitsel
whilst. lying ra- ards,below.Patrick's Bridge,
Gorky tef4 pli., 7edneiday; -The Funchal, &
Portuguese br master, laden Wit h., a
ell-go of salt, " np .from :Queenstown at
on ,10-7ncr.,.aed anchored
opposite L The
tide, however, receding b&ore the vessel hatrbeen
properly fastened, she gradually inclined towards
the right side and finally fell with a crash against
the quay. Her starboard was completely stove in,
and tier cargo, consisting of 160 tons of. salt to the
consignment of Mr. John Firmo, destroyed. An
effort was made yesterday 'morning to raise the
vessel, 'which unfortunately proved unsuccessful.
Three. or four relays of men were employed from an
early hour in,the morning at the pumps, and they
had discharged the greater portion of the water
from-the hold, when a stout cable was attached to
her sido, and a tremendous strain was brought to
bear on it, which succeeded in raising her almost
comple ely, but at the time success appeared almost
t
certain the cable snapped with an explosion re-
sembling the report of a cannon, and the vessel fill
into her former position. A number of people were
assembled on the quay at the time, and when the
rope snapped, imagining that the masts were
coming down
.on them, they instantly .rushed
away, but in thek hurry and anxiety to escape
they tumbled over one another, and it was not for
some minut's that the -noise and confusion ceased.

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