The Sun.
London, England, 1858-07-28 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY PI V .ENINTGI, JULY 28, 185-8;

will be honour to the survivors, and tears to the
memory of those 10,6 were "faithful and bold"
while life remained.
The capture of Gwalior was speedily effected,
the fort surrendered at the first summons, and
the garrison willingly accepted TANTIA TOPEE as
their commander. The rebels proclaimed NA.NA
SAHIB Maharajah, and, as a matter of course,
looted the Treasury, said to contain treasure to
the amount of five millions sterling (but more
probably about half the amount), a portion of
the town, and also made heavy asses-
ments on the bankers and other inha-
bitants. And to find legitimate employ-
ment for the funds thus obtained, voted themselves
six months' pay in advance. This, in addition to
the trifles which each could pick up for himself,
made altogether, what Mr. Jos JOHNSON would
term, a "very pretty swag."
Speedy vengeance was, however, inflicted on
the traitors. Sir Huai" RosE, on whose shoulders
the mantle of HAVELOOK seems to have descended
with unabated virtue, although suffering under
severe illness, and having virtually resigned the
command of his division to Colonel NAPIER, was
revived by the prospect of immediate action, and
speedily responded to the call of duty. He rose
from his sick bed, placed himself at the head of
his men, and retrieved the disaster by recapturing
Gwalior, and restoring SCINDIA.II to the throne of
his ancestors. Defeats may be regarded with a
lenient eye when they are so promptly and effi-
ciently avenged. We cannot wonder that the
town talk at Calcutta should mainly have related
to the stirring events at Gwalior.
One matter occasioned some surprise. Colonel
STRATTON, in command of the 77th Regiment,
which had just arrived from Australia, had
"marched his men to Dumdum, eight miles, with
their stocks on ; an hour after he and his in-
structor of rifle practice were both dead of apo-
plexy." We believe that the gallant officer was
a brave and good man. He had greatly distin-
guished himself in the Crimea, and was a general
favourite both with officers and soldiers. It is to
be regretted that any undue adherence to red-
tapist regulations should have prevented him from
gaining the glory which, in all human probability,
he would otherwise have achieved. Peace to his
manes. We trust, however, that his example
will prevent others from being betrayed into a
similar mistake.

The news from China is of a very graphic and
exciting character. The account of the capture
of the Peiho Forts proves that the celestials can-
not compete with the Anglo-Saxons. As usual,
they attempted to procrastinate, and to ride off
on a collateral issue respecting the ceremonials to
he observed. That " cock, however, would not
fight." Neither Lord ELGIN nor Biron GROS
would consent to the required prostra•
Eons, although these were the only mat-
ters to which the Imperial Commissioner
could direct his attention. The patience of the
Plenipotentiaries being exhausted, words and
grass having been equally useless, they resolved
to try what virtue there was in stones.

Colonel FREESTIIN last night brought forward a
subject of deep interest and vital importance to
the nation ; and we rejoice to hear that it will
receive the attentive consideration before next
session which it so pre-eminently deserves.]
Nothing could, of course, be effected previous to
the prorogation, inasmuch as all the estimates
have been agreed to, and the Appropriation Bill
has passed through several stages. The subject
has, however, thanks to the Hon. and Gallant
Member, been fairly ventilated. The good seed
has been sown which will, doubtless, produce
valuable fruit in due season.
The matter of which Colonel FREESTIIN so
justly complained was the inadequate remunera-
tion provided for subalterns in the British army,
which required the possession of independent
means, unless they were willing to embarrass
themselves with a load of debt, in the vague hope
that something might eventually turn up. They
had to subscribe to the band fund, the mess
fund, and a variety of other funds, to pay largely
for dinners, to dress well, and maintain the posi-
tion of gentlemen, on less than would be paid
to mechanics as wages. Even the most prudent
young man, scrupulously avoiding every unneces-
sary luxury or comfort, could scarcely meet the
exigencies of his position—the imperative de-
mands which he must meet being 157/. ss. per
annum, while his pay as an ensign was only
951. 16s. 3d., leaving an annual deficit of 61/.
Bs. 9d., sufficient to break the heart of any
young man who had not additional
means or wealthy friends to resort to.
It is sufficient that the grievance has
been explained. We trust that next year some
adequate remedy may be provided, in the way
either of increasing the pay or lessening the formal
expenses, so as to enable a subaltern to live on
the pay which he receives in return for his
services.

A remarkable little pamphlet,* in reference to
the purification of the Thames, has but just now
made its appearance. It extends to no more than
a dozen pages of letterpress. It can be read in
five minutes : and five minutes so employed will
not be lost time with any one. The pamphleteer,
who is not so prepense, but merely a correspon-
dent, states his case originally in a letter
addressed to WILLIAM CONINGIIAM, Esq., M.p.
That gentleman, however, having, we doubt not,
derived satisfaction himself, and information to
boot, from a perusal of the communication we are
referring to, generously prints it for public circu-
lation. The epistle is addressed to him by F. 0.
WARD, Esq., one in every way competent to pro-
nounce an opinion upon the Question of the Main
Drainage of the Metropolis, having already
aided materially in carrying out against all kinds
of strenuous opposition on the part of antago-
nistic engineers the excellent system of tubular
sewers, "now working," as he himself observes,
with no small satisfaction—" now working suc-
cessfully by hundreds of miles not only in provin-
cial towns, but also in the metropolis." The ar-
gument advanced by Mr. WARD in the course of
his cogent letter is directly opposed to the costly
scheme of the Grand Tunnel proposed to be built,
at an outlay of many millions, for the conveyance
from the Thames and from London of the whole
mass of sewage and rain water combined, for dis-
charge at some point as remote as possible from
the metropolis.
Instead of adventuring upon any plan of the
kind, Mr. WARD would never allow the rain
water and the sewage to be mixed together.
Before they could reach their present point of
combination, he would have their currents diverted
each from the direction of the other. He
epitomises the whole argument at page ten in a
sentence, carefully printed in capitals, as expres-
sive of the entire meaning of his communication.
The sentence is simply this—" The whole of the
rain-fall is due to the river, the whole of the sew-
age to the soil." It is an axiom with a view to
the enforcement of which he has previously re-
marked that we are virtually throwing away bread
when we throw away (as we do now-a-days) the
ammonia and phosphorus of the loondou sewage.

" Town sewage," he observes sententiously,
" which many engineers look upon as refuse to
be discharged, I regard as property to be admi-
nistered." In demonstration of the justice of
which assertion he has an ingenious little sum by
which he estimates an annual profit accruing
frem a sagacious application of =London sewage to
soil impoverished by exhausting crops—a profit
calculated by him as reaching the enormous
total of 500,0001. per annum, or in other words
an amount equivalent at 5 per cent. to a capital
of 10,000,0001. This—through simply raising
the value of 1,000 farms by at least 101. per acre
per annum. The rainfall, as already intimated, he
considers very reasonably to be the especial pro-
perty and right of the River Thames as of every
other running stream in the wide world in
countries where there is kuowa to be any rainfall
whatever. Separately he maintains that the
rain-water and the sewage matter are excellent
—the rainfall for the scour of the river—the
sewage matter for the purposes of agriculture.
Maintaining the converse of this, he writes epi-
gramatically—" Each spoils the other—sewage,
rainfall by pollution—rainfall, sewage by dilu-
tion." Wherefore he insists that they ought to
be conveyed out of London separately—the rain-
fall being poured into the Thames—the sewage
carried by tubular channels subterraneously int o
the country for the purposes of irrigation.

Altogether the daily dry foul discharge from
London amounts to 139 tons, certainly, as Mr.
WARD remarks, "a comparatively insignificant
quantity if delivered as fast As produced,"—
thereby securing to the capital a regular diurnal
evacuation. But instead of this, as things are
at present managed, or rather mismanaged, we
are actually keeping (Hr. WARD says "at the
lowest estimate") at leas& twelve months' excreta
in the sewers and cesspools, continually stagnat-
ing underground. He adds—" The mass of
putridity thus constantly retained in subterranean
London, actually equals one day's evacuation of
the whole population of Europe and Asia, num-
bering 800 millions. The figure is a startling
one, and the fact still more so ; but a simple cal-
culation proves it true : for the number of the
London population, multiplied by 365, gives a
quotient exceeding 800,000,000." A • sudden
rainstorm acting upon, the foul accumulation—by
sweeping nearly nine or ten days' filth into the river
"at one fell swoop"—necessitates a simultaneous
discharge into the Thames of what is equivalent
to the mass of excrement produced in one day by
the entire population of Great Britain numbering
21,000,000. Such are some among the astound-
ing facts and figures condensed into this really
notable pamphlet. We commend its reasoning to
the careful LcruLiny of 'qr. THWAITES and his
coadjutors.

* Purification of the Thames. A letter from F. 0.
Ward, E,q., to William Coningham, Esq., M.P. Bvo.
iv. 14. 1858.

COLONE f, STRATTON.

There is one sentence in our Calcutta letter which
we should like to have written in large capitals in
every mess-room in It is this—" Colonel
Stra' ton, of her Majesty's 77th, just arrived from
Australia, marched his men to Dumdum, eight
miles, with their stocks on. An hour after he and
his instructor in rifle practice were both dead of
apoplexy." When the justice of Heaven fall, or
when the laws of Nature vindicate themselves, it
is wrong to rejoice ; but we cannot commit the
hypocrisy of affecting to mourn th 3 death of
Colonel Stratton, if, indeed, he fell in such a
cause.—Times.

rri NEWS.
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tained -permanently in Fort William and Barrack-
pore, and a proposal for enlis ing 100 European
riflemen, as the nucleus of each police battalion,
has been very favourably received. Nothing has
yet been done towards the formation of a Euro-
pean militia, but the measure is anxiously desired,
and Government is reported not unfavourable.
Next to the affair at Gwalior, the publication of
th© despatch rebuking the Oude proclamation
creates the most excitement. The popular hatred
of the Governor-General has in no degree dimin-
ished. In spite, however, of this, the publication
of the despatch is unequivocally condemned. It is
considered almost an act of treachery, and Lord
Ellenborough is declared on all hands to have
gaiuod nothing either in judgment or in courtesy
since ho quitted India. The following passage
from the Friend of India, a journal which di,he-
heves in Lord Canning, and condemned the Oude
proclamation, expresses the universal feeling :
"Thus far the President appears to have fulfilled
his duty well. He had mitigated without recalling
the obnoxious menace. He had expressed in terms
not to be mistaken the disapproval of her Majesty.
He had hinted not ambiguously at the policy which
must hereafter be followed with the landholders of
Oade, but Nature, who has bestowed upon Lord
Ellenborough no stinted measure of her choicest
gifts, has denied him the minor attributes of pru-
dence and good taste. He has inserted in the
despatch words condemning the annexation of
Oude, and, though as out of place as a diatribe
against Hengist, they were in the secret committee
at least simply silly. Secrecy, however, is not in
the character of the intellectual charlatan. The
paper was shown to Mr. Bright, was hawked about
over the clubs, and at last published for both
houses. A proceeding more thoroughly opposed
to all maxims of policy, to the most common ,
and necessary etiquette of Governments, we never
rememember to have seen. We utterly abominate
the Oude proclamation. It is to us the most
perfect example of what Arthur Helps is wont to
call the tyranny of weakness. An official condem-
nation was required, but saner than that condem-
nation should be published we would have endured
another year of administrative anarchy. The pub-
licetiou is a direct attack, not on Lord Canning,
which matters nothing, but on the authority of the
Governor-General, which is essential to the empire.
It proclaims at once to every native that a menace
or a promise from the Governor-General of India
may be made of none effect. How is peace ever
to be secured if the word of the Government for
good or for evil is not to be absolutely sacred ? The
natives distrust our proclamations already. Liars
themselves, they believe official words to be only
instruments to conce .1 official thought. Lord
Ellenhot ough has contrived to add one additional
distrust—to prove that, even when true, the words
may be ineffectual. As for the evil so much dwelt
on in England of telling the Oude men they are
patriots, it is little in comparison. The sepoys do
not fight for patriotism, or the landholders either.
They think themselves alrea iy in the right, and no
approval uttered by a Kaffir Peer is likely to in-
crease much the happy quiescence of their con-
sciences. But the evil of publicly upsetting such au
order, of teaching men in arms that the menaces of
their rulers are mere talk, cannot be exaggerated.
Nor, to revert to the p-rsona.l aspect of the ques-
tion, can we perceive the manliness of publishing
such a censure, while declining the responsibility of
recall. Tee Oude proclamation was ground suffi-
cient for the removal of Lord Canning. It would
have been ground sufficient for the removal ef
fat'er. 61.diy as ire should hail the acces-
sion of Sir John Lawrence to supreme power, we
cannot, as Englishmen, commend the man who,
afraid to dismiss a servant, insults him into resig-
nation. Lord Canning may hold on in spite of the
despatch, but its intention is as manifest as is im-
prudence."
The Press Act expired on the 13th of June with-
out a remark in the Legislative Council.
It is generally believed here that, unless the vote
of the House of Commons should be against him,
Lord Canning will not resign. His own arguments
is said to be, that the Ministry, if they distrust
him, must say so, and not merely condemn
I isolated measures—a power always exercised by
the Court.

WYLD'S PLAN OF CIIERBOURG.

According to his usual custom the hon. mem-
ber for Bodmin is the first in the field with a plan
of Cherbourg, its ports, sea, and land fortifications.
The plan is among the very best that has recently
issued from our great geographer's establishment.
It is as comprehensive as could be well desired•-•
embracing to the west Fort Querqueville, and to
the east Fort Imperial. To the south it extends
to Fort Basquesne ; while northwards it gives the
whole magnificent sweep of the Breakwater—from
Fort Central hither to Musoir de l'Ouest, thither
to Musoir de l'Est. Proceeding between the latter
and Fort Imperial, by the Eastern passage, one
passes by Fort des Flamands, on to the Litole
Road, and further along by Fort Longiet and Fort
du Galet, within view at once of the three outer
ports and three inner basins. The panoramic out-
lines of the bay are completed by the Fort du
Hornet, Fort St. Anne, and the Fort de la Roche
Chavaignac. Altogether the plan opportunely
issued by Mr. Wyld, in the very nick of time, will
prove a very godsend to the English visitors to
Cherbourg.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

GOODWOOD RACES.-TUESDAY.

The programme of the meeting has been judi-
ciously revised. The alterations hove been effected
with much discrimination, and although they are
few, they have materially strengthened a list which
was in parts meagre and unattr Active. By acting
upon the suggestion made in the daily papers last
year, to bring the Stewards' Cup forward to the
first day, an item of interest was imparted into a
card which would otherwise have provided merely
a scanty supply of sport. With the exception of
that event the races decided were not remakable
for the numerical strength of the fields. Still en
improvement in the number of starters will be
made with the progress. of the meeting, and a pau-
city of racing will not be a subject of complaint.
Nereus won the first event in a canter, and for the
second the American colouis wereborne in triumph
past the post. Indeed the match between Mimosa
and Orianda resolved itself into a match of judg-
ment between the representative of the American
turf in this country, and an English gentleman of
ackn iwledged shrewdness in racing affairs. Each
gentleman had in turn possessed the animals which
were pitted against -ach o' her, and the result of
the race showed that John Bull in his turf pursuits
is sometimes outwitted by Jonathan. The success
of Orianda proved at least the correctness of Mr
R. Ton B neck's judgment. Toxopholite, who
was reported lame, was withdrawn from the Grat
wicke Stakes, and the race—save the mark !—was
reduced to a match between Mentmore and Maid
of Kent. The affair was a burlesque, for the horses
walked more than half the distance, Mentmote
shook Maid of Kent off with difficulty, and indeed
the layers of the odds were not very easy in their
minds until after the horses had passed the post.
The defeat of Merryman for the Levant Stakes
created some sensation, and caused hisretrogres-
. sion in the Derby betting to 30 to 1. He ran for
the first time in Mr. Greville's colours. The
Stewards' Cup commanded twenty eight runners,
and was the prettiest nn I ra.._s, exciting race of
thy day. it was won by Glenmasson, of whom,
it may be remarked, great expectations were
entertained for the Derby of 1857, but who
broke down before the race. He won with ease
to-day. Zouave, the French champion, achieving
the coed honours, whilst the "American" Baby-
lon could not obtain a place. The Ham stakes
was won by Mayouaise, a goodlooking daughter of
Teddington, and the last event was remarkable
from the fact of two out of the three starters break-
ing down.
The weather was cloudy, and slight showers fell
at intervals, and the spectators quitted the park
amidst a soaking shower of rain. The c impa,ny
lin the Grand Stand comprised many aristocratic
visitors, but the attendance was very scanty, and
altogether we do not remember a duller opening
day. From our list of quotations it will 13,3 seen
that the betting on coming events was very limited.
The most important movement was the retrogres-
sion of Toxophilite for the Sr. Leger. When the
ring was first formed, 4to 1 was taken about him
to money, and afterwards 8 to 1 was laid, lut
before the close of the afternoon 6 to 1 was booked
about him. The " Stakes" was scarcely touched
upon, and the " Cup" was a dead letter.
THE RACING.

The Craven Stakes (Handicap) of 5 soya each, with 50
added. Craven course. One mile and a quarter.
Colonel Martyn's Nereus, by Collingwood, 4 yrs,
7st 71b (Plumb) 1
Mr. S. Wi!liams's Gourd, 3 yrs, 6,4 413 (Perry) 2
Mr. Mellish's Tame IXer, 5 yrs, 7st 121b...(Fordhaw) 3
The following dso ran : Whimsical and Cuanoinesse
Betting-5 to 2 agst Nereus, 3 to 1 agst Tame Deer,
4 to 1 each agst Gourd and Chanoinesse, 5 to 1 agst
Whimsical. Tame Deer, with Gourd second, and Nereus
third, led to the distance, where he wag beaten, and
Nereus went on with the lead, winning easily by a
length, two lengths between the second and third, bad
fourth.

Ma'ch--200, h ft. Ond mile.

Mr. R. Ten Broeck's Orlando, 4 yrs, Est 12Ib (Plumb) 1
Mr. Payne's Mimosa, 3 yrs' 6,t 61b (Cho!loner) 2
Betting-6 to 5 (it first 5t04) on Mimosa. °donde,
1-d from start to finish, and won easily by two leng be.
The Gratwicke Stakes of 100 soya each, h ft, 3-yr-olds ;
colt, 84‘ 10Ib, and fillies Bst 513. Certain ailowances
The second to receive 100 sows out of the stakes. One
mile and a half. (17 subs.)
Baron Ruthrichild's Mentmore, 8-t 10Ib (Wells) 1
Mr. Gratwicke's Maid of Kent, 84 sib (Norman) 2
Toxophilite was struck out at 1.24 p.su.
Betting-2 to lon Mentmore. Both were evidently
under waiting orders. They trotted the turn, about
half way, where Mentmore went to work in earne,t, was
never overhauled, and won, not easily, by a neck.
The Levant Stakes of 50 soiri each, 30 it, for 2-yr.olds ;
colts, Bst Ylb ; fillies, Bst 31b. Winners extra. Hal
a mile. (10 subs.)
Mr. F. Robinsou's Ariadne, Bst 31b (A. Day) 1
Mr. Greville's Merryman, 8 -413th One 61b ex) (Flatmar) 2
Mr. J. Merry's Lord of the Manor, Bst 71b ...(Wells) 3
Mr. R. Ten Broeck's Woodburn, 84 71b (Ford) 4
Betting-5 and 6 to 4 on Merryman, 3 to 1 apt
Ariadne, 7to 2 agst Lord of the Manor. After one
failure they got away, Woodburn being the last off.
Merryman and Lord of the Manor were in front fur the
first 100 yards, Ariadne then took up the running, and
the favourite failing in his effort to get up she won by
three quarters of a length, the second seating the third
by a head ; bad fourth.

I The Stewards' Cap (Handicap), value 300 sovs, by sub
ecription of 10 sovs each, with 100 added ; the surplus
to be paid t,, the winner in specie. T.Y.C. (56 subs.)
Mr. J. H. C. Wyndham's Glenmasson, 4 yrs, 74 slb
(French) 1
Count F. de Lagrange's Z3uave, 3 yrs, 7st 31b
(Grimmer) 2
Lord Anglesey's Tricolor, 4 yrs, 7st . (Roe) 3
Mr. Copeland's The Argo-y, 3 yrs, Est Ch...(Docker) 4
The following also ran :—Tournatnent, Ne w Brighton,
Kestrel, Peter Flat, Beatrice, The Happy Land, The
Flying Englishman, King of the Forest, Antiquary,
Knight of Kars, Mattel-en-Tete, "My Niece," Blanche
of Middlehie, Magnet, Dumfries, Hydromel, Babylon,
Ophelia, Chantress, Frederick, Djanira, Convict, Sooth-
sayer, and Rocket,
Betting —4 to 1 aget Convict, 7 to 1 aget Glenmasson,
10 to 1 aget King of the Forest, 100 to 8 agst Peter
Flit, 180 to 7 agst Blanche of Ntiddlebie, 20 to 1 each
agst Tournament, Beatrice, the Zeuave, Rocket, Knight
of Kars, Hydromel, Babylon, The Argosy, and Sooth-
sayer, 25 to 1 each aget New Brighton au-I Frederick,
30 to 1 aget Ophelia. Before eterting Chantress re-
peatedly broke away, and ran a considerable distance
before she was stopped. New Brighton and Glenmas-
son ran in front to the commencement of the Grand
Stand Enclosure, where New Brighton was beaten and
Glenmasson went on with the lead, and won easily by
three-quarters of a length ; two lengths between the
second and third and three lengths between the third and
fourth. New Brighton was fiftn, fe panted by adi tinct
interval from the Alderman's fi ly, and behind them was
the Knight of Kars (sixth), heading a lot which com•
prised Magnet, Frederick, Babylon, King of the Forest,
Tournament, and several others. The last three beaten
off were Djanira, The Happy Land, and Beatrice.
Sweepstakes of 10 cove each, for 2-yisolds and upwards ;
weights forage, &a. The winner to be sold for 300
sovs if demanded, &c. Half-a-mile. (11 sub,.)
Mr. Dix's Clemanthe, 2 yrs, Oct (Pritchart:) 1
Mr. Ey;on's Hassock, 2 yrs, 6;t (F,rry) 2
Mr, F. Higgins's Broadbrim, 2 yrs, bet 31b.(Challoner) 3
Betting-5 to 2 aget Old Tam, 4 ~0 1 ag,,t, Clemanthe,
8 to 1 ages Head Knowledge, 10 to 1 aget the Greek.
Won by a length ; half a length b,tweeo the sec ,nd and
third. Old 'loin was a moderate fourth ; The Greek
was fifth. Head Knowledge was I, ft at the post.
Fifty pounds, added to a sweepstake of 5 soya each, f ,r
3-vr-olds and upwards. The winner to be sold fur
100 sovs. Last mile. (4 subs.)
Mr. J. H. C. Wyadliam's Bravis.-imo, 3 yrs, 7,it 914.
(dray) 1
Mr. Mellish's Giant (late Squire Watt), 5 yrs, 9,c

„Jat‘2.r) 2
Mr T. Parr's Ciildrey, 3 yrs, 74 913 (J. G-
(H. l'orier) 3
Mr. W. Day's E,au, 3 y-rs, 7tt 9:b (J. Adams) 4
Bitting— 7 to 4 apt Bravissinuo, 2 to 1 ag,A Emu, 4
to 1 agat Each of tie otter two ( flere,). Gil by a
e gt h ; thre.) lengths between the sec,3nd and third.
The wino,: r vas clainio:i by Mr. Mellish.
The Ham Stakes of 100 sovs each, h ft, for 2-yr-olds ;
cots, 83t 10113 ; fillies, Bst 710. Certain allowances.
The second to receive 100 soya out of the stakes.
T.Y.C. (19 t,trb.,.)
Mr. W. S. S. Crawfurd's Mayonai'e, Bst 11b...(Wells) 1
Payve's Farmer's Daughtmr filly, 8 r 4111(F 4taial,) 2
Gratwicke's 81 71t) (A. Day) 3
Mavournef-n ano Colilzt,on fil y a!,o

13,,,tth,g-5 to 4 on MayonaO.e, 7 to 2 each sgain:A
Farmer's Daughter filly and Marine. Mayunaise came
away at the distance, and cantered in the winner by two
lengths ; the second beating the third by three lengths;
Lord Glasgow's filly was beaten off.
Sweepstakes of 300 sous each sub, h ft, for 4-yr-olds ;