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the river anywhere, it must first undergo the pro-
cess of deolorisation. Now, it is extremely doubt-
ful whether this process can be carried out without
leaving a nuisance for miles round'the spot where
it is deodorised. Is it fair to the inhabitants of the
plague-spot scarcely out of
metropolis to erect a
their own byandary ? It is extiomely doubtful
again whether the deodorised fluid is deprived of its
noxious qualities. What, then, ale the probabi-
lities of the whole matter ? The Board of Works
will spend their three millions in blickeand mortar
under ground. They will then have to spend either
three millions more, or an equivalent yearly in-
come, on works ftir deodorisation. And after all is I
done we shall find ourselve', if not immediately, at
least in a year or two, in as bad a condition as we
were before.
The truth is we begin the work at the wrong
end. It would be better to spend the three millions,
or double that sum if necessary, in eradicating the
evil at its commencement. What right have we to
east our filth into the river at all I' We must, sooner
or later, separate the sewage from the surface drain-
age. iTe throw away valuable manure. We spoil
it. Science will not enable us to recover it. Every
step taken to preserve the manure of this great city
would be one in the right direction. Whether the
Board of Works will do it, or whether the Legisla-
ture, we care no'. Sooner or later we shall be com-
pelled to carry the excrementitious matter of our
city to the fields in a 80,4: serviceable for the
growth of the fruits of the earth, or we shall be
forced to remove our dwellings from the region we
have so lo'n.cr polluted.
We have little faith in any of the engineers or
surveyors whose views have been narrowed by the
routine of their profession. The greatest works
have been accomplished by those who have im-
ported the vig •ur of unbiassed and unprejudiced
views into what was to them a new profession.
Sted3h ens op worked out the g,„l pat 1 ocom • ,tive system

in Kppost.l on. to
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the profession, which would hardly rec.,gnise him
as a member. The schemes for a building for the
Great Exhibition were as cumbrous and as expen-
sive, and nearly as likely to prove failures, as all
our drsinage schemes, when Paxton thought in
the new oritr of glass and iron, to the constt-rna-

tion and disnriy of professional 'architects. Have
we no Sephenson or Paxton who can devise an
effectual melni of conveying what Proviii,nce in-
tend.. .d should f,rtilisc the ea.' th to its pr .)per des-
tination, without risk to the health of the inhabi-
tants of this great metroplis?
The question is not one of spending money. No
scheme has', et been propo ed which even bears a
ranot6 probahility of effecting its object. Let one
be devise I whi.h will secure the health of the me-
tropolis, and we feel sure its inhabitants will not
fs.rodue tin times the aulou,lt now likely to be
:.(prAndered us?lessly. CO N 1 SENSE

TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES.
S'r, --The ,übj,ct of cleansing .tne Thames is not
a question of extrema difficulty, or of ftbul us ex-
pelse, if we would make usl of till simple but
powerful means nature places at our dispo-al, re-
quirinfr inure common senss to turn them to
;-.c2oun3t.
A large ship canal front betw. en Po! tsnou h and
SJutlitinpton to Loudon would be a paying specu-
lati-n. 13ring this canal well ab:)ve Lludon, and
c-narnuni.a,•it:g with the TlranPs by several flood-
gatts, having a short branch forking off to c• r y
down tall-masted vesels to below bridges. The

julieions in!reduction of this immense 111;33 of sea
wat .r into the river would produce the same result
as takes place during the winter rains—viz., make
the ebh ti•!e more rapid and of longer duration thin
ih? ilo)d by two cr three hours. Thly, in 12
hours the ebb will run eight or nine hours,
the flood sluggiihly ficw three or four hours ;
consequently after a few days there will never he
an accumulation of sewerage, the ebb taking it off
quicker than it can run into the river. The flood-
gates will keep this mass of sea water under perfect

control.
It is quite cer' ain that in the event of a war with
France, ald with ate tan privateers swarming in the
aiantiel, no man in his senses would risk the pas-
sage from Southampton to London round by Dover
—independent of the dangers incidental tonavi-
Tating that most dange:ous and intricate coast—
if they ha,d such a safe pea as Southampton to run
jute at once, with the advantage, in addition, of a
'comparatively short communication to London for
vessels of every size. Thus the ship canal would
more than pay for itsalf, and convey an immense
volume of water to the Thames, which, acting
cordiut, to the common laws of nature, would serve
to keep the river clear, without demanding any
expensive works and upsetting the half of London,
and to do that upon which hardly any two engi-
neers c n perf ctly agree.
One thing-is quite evident-, that, whatever may
be the opinion of individuals as to 'he mr'st efficient
application of the water so b on,;ht—whether my
suggestion be good or bad—there will have been
conveyed to the most convenient spot and in suffi-
cient quintity, and without expense (slo canal be-
ing a paying speculation), an agent without which
no plan for cleansing the Thatten can be per-
manently successful.
Such a canal as I propose has often baen talked
of. Thera can be no great engineering difficulties
to overcome in the construction of a work of such
a nature.—l am, sir,_ yours, &c.,
G. R. SARTORI'S, Vice-Admiral.
thited Service Club, July 16.

SUDDEN' .15EATH. THROUGH INTEM-

PER ANCE.

Yesterday Mr. Walley, coroner for West Mid- I
cl!esex, held an inquiry at the Elephant and Castle,
Camden-town, torching the death of Eliza Smith,
a married woman, aged 50, lately residing at 47,
Hastings-street, Burton-crescent, but who died in
the workhouse infirmary a few hours after admis-
sion to that institution, from the effects of severe
violence, the unfortunate woman's body being
cAvered with bruises and contusions of a dreadful
character, so that-rumeurs of a most painful nature
had in consequence arisen in the neighbourhood as
to the mode in which such severe injuries could
have Le.--n inflicted.
It appear, d from the evidence of Mr. Coster,
surgeon to the infirmary, and Sarah Thompson, a
nurse, that the deceased was admitted on Thurs-
day morning last, when she was in an insensible,
and, indeed, dying, condition, for she gradually
sunk and expired a few hours afterwards. Her face,
head, and body present-d one mass of bruises and
contusions, so that parts were perfectly black, be•
sides which she had a dreadful wound on her head,
extending down to the nose. Teo appearance the
deceased presented was dreadful in the extreme,
and to add to the horrible sight, erysipelas having
set in in the head and face, they were swollen to
au enormous extent. Mr. Coster discovered that
death arose from an attack of erysipelas consequent
upon the frightful wound on the bead. linternaliy,
the deceased's organs presented a hcalt ly pp
aear-
ance, with the exception of the liver, which re-
semblel that of a person given to excessive intoxi-
cation.
The cause of death baying been thus clearly
proved, the Coroner remarked that the next thing
would be to find out bow the severe injui ies seen
were
on the deceased produce,ds husband, was called
j.
severe
Smith, the deceased
to prove
deceaseds he
slandladydeceased's,
identitT (Mrs.
Higgins)
and a
lodger (Alfred _Berwick) were then called, when
they spoke to the deceased's habitual habits of in-
toxication, during which time she fell down stairs,
causing, as they believed, the injuries she had died
from. They never knew the husband beat the de-
ceased, nor did she ever complain of his conduct.
A man named Costello gave evidence as to a
slight scuffle he saw on one occasion between the
deeeareel and her husband, but there was nothing
of importance elicited.
Some further corroborative evidence was given,
when

The Coroner having carefully summed up,
The jury returned a verdict to the effect that the
deceased died from injuries sustained by her falling
down stairs while intoxicated.

The inquiry then terminated.
[From the above it will be seen that the report,
which we copied from a contemporary' alleging that
the deceased died from the vi knee of her husband,
is entirely without foundation. On the contrary,
he seems to have tre ited his wife with kindness.]

[AD ERTISZMENT.]—RAPID RECOVERY.—Holloway's
Pit's and Ointment —About twelve months since, Mr
li Ime, \Voodsids, Ho: forth, was seized by a serious
prostrating weakness. S x months afterwards an erup•
tion took plat ein his if g. He immediately placed him-
self under the fr atment of the most eminent men in
Liverpool and Manchester ; but, to use his own
" gradeal'y got worse, and was prevented folowing any
employment der;ng the whole time." He removrd to
flo,for h ; a friend there induced hint to try the Effect of
flcl'oway's medicines ; he purchased them, followed the
itv.tructionc, and was cured in a few weekP. He wishes
Hollings, druggiet, to make his case known.--
by all medidn, vendors throughout the world, and at
Profasor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand,
Lnnd.n.