The Sun.
London, England, 1858-08-04 00:00:00

BRIGHTO?T RACES.-Aug. 4.

(By Electric Ve&graph.)
BRISTOL PL_A-TE•
Liebe
Courier
Eight ran.
MATCH.—Orianda beat Indulgemee.
NURSERY STAKES.

Electric .
Flitch

14 ran.

LATEST BETTING.

ST. LEGER.
6to 1 agst Fitz Roland.
6to 1 agst Toxopholite
7to 1 agst Had ji

THE BETTING ROUSES.

Th;,.. day the charges preferred by the police azaicst Jobs
Scott, the _landlord of the White Bear, Piccadilly; Charles
Thorp, Henry Reeves, And John Bond, were fully
heard this afterunon bek:Te Mr. Bingham, at the
Marlborough-street ;on. Scott was charged with
keeping a betting-house,qThorp and Reeves with assisting
him, and Bird with frequenting t.''ec, same. The hearing
occupied four hours and a half.
• ccott and Thorp were
fined DO each or three month's irnprt 'onment. Bird £lO.
or one mouth, and Reeve was discharged.

METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS-

The.ordinary meeting of the Metropolitan Board of Worke
was held yesterday in the Council Chamber, buildhati--Mv
J. Thwaites in the chair.
The beard met for the purpose of considering the subject;
for the main drainage of the metropolis.
Mr. DOULTON, who had given notice of the following
resolutions, said he wished to withdraw then:, which was
agreed to
Whereas this hoard did on Ist January last resolve..."
That, considering the serious evils represented by the
memorial from the vestry of Camberwell to have arisen and
to be likely to arise front the existing co ton of the sewer/
in the Surrey and Kent district, and 41,10dering also thit
tne works of the main drainage, however soon they may be
commenced, will not for several years be sufficiently ad-
vance, to relieve that district of those evils, a pumping
station be erected at eke spot indicated by the engi-
neer, for the purpose of producing a continual dis-
charge from the sewers, at an estimated expense foe
construction of £7,000, and for maintenance of £2,800
per annum.' And whereas, a hill has been introduced by
her Majesty's Government for facilitating the execution of
the said main drainage works ; and seeing that it is ex-
pedient to avoid as far as may be the construction of works
the a temporary purpose only, that the engineer be directed
to prepare plans, sections, and estimates for the construction
of a sewer from it point in Greenwich Marshes, near the
South-Eastern Railway Wharf; to the junction of the Bart
and Deptford Lower-road sewers, together with reservoirs,
pumping stations, and such other works as may be necessary
for deodorising during the whole year.
" Whereas the drainage of that portion of the metropal
kerma as the western division presents considerable difficul-
ties under any system of main drainage ; and whereas;
Messrs. Bidder, Hawksley, and Bazatgette have reported it
as their opinion that if brought to a remote outfall it would
add at least ene',so,ooo to the cost (' Report on Main Drain-
age,' Gth April, .18a8, p. 87), and have since reported that
the entire charge of deetiorisatiou will amount to the insig-
nificant sum of 2d. per head annually; that it is now an
established fact that the lime process answers well, that it
does not produce a ni.a.eance, that the supernatant fluid does
not purify atter being allowed to run off into a river, and it
is disproved that the coecretnins which might prove injurious
to navigation are formed ('BriefObeervations,'July 20,1858,
p.B), and whereas it is desirable, teefore elealing with the whols
sewage of the metropolis, to have s'etanatetory evidence 01
the efficiency of tee process of deodorinatien to remedy the
evils complained of, as well as of the meet economical and
efficient application of pumping to the drainage of a love
district. And whereas the western districts pr oent peculiar
facilities; and that the works may, if coinummeed einatne-
diately, be completed within a very short period, tne
giueer be therefore directed to prepare, with all dh7Pao
the several plans and estimates for draining the we ltlrr
area, and for deodorising the sewage previous .to its ,"file
charge into the river during the whole year.
" Whereas the Committee et' Works, &c., reported to the'
board on 21st May last, ' that they had directed their atten-
tion to tile resolutioegf the board of the '26th March last
(No. 17), referring to them the memorial front the vestry of
Islington calling attention to that portion of the Hackney'
brook sewer which passes through the parish of Islington,
alleging that the sewer is a great nuisance and injurious to
health, that great injury is caused to property in the
parish in consequence- of the brook not being adequate to
carry off the storm waters, and that they were adviaed that
permanent works could be executed which would fell
iuto any scheme which might hereafter be adopted toe
the drainage of the metropolis, and praying that the boars*
would give such directions as might be necessary for thf
abatement of the nuisance; and that their attention bad
also been turned to the resolution of the board of the 30th
April last (NO. 5), referring to the committee the memorial
from the Board of Work far the Hackney district, pointing
eut the offensive state of the sewersip question, and praying
the board to take the matter into their immediate considera"
Lion, and to direct effectual means to be adopted at once for
abating the nuisance complained of; that the committee,
had carefully considered the subject of the above references,'
and had received from the engineer of the board a repert 00
the first-mentioned memorial, which they submitted for the
informatioe of the board, together with a plan showing the
works proposed in such report," and did recommend—welat
that part of the Hackney Brook sewer, extending from the
Holloway-road to the River Lea, be straightened and covered
over, as shown upon the plan and section accompanying
such report, at an estimated cost of £112,0002 And whereat
the said recommendation was postponed on account of the
said work having been included in the plan of main drainage
submitted by the board to the First Commissioner for his d
approval on Ist July last. And whereas the urgency of the
said work continues to increase, and its adoption is indepen-
dent of, and will not prejudice, any scheme of main drainage
that may hereafter be adopted; that the engineer be directed
to prepare forthwith plans, sections, and specifications, with
a view to advertising for tenders for the immediate execution
of the work."
Mr. LESLIE then moved—" That, under the powers given
to the Metropolitan Board of Works by the Act for this
amendment of the Metroputis Local Management Act, for
the purposes of the main drainage, it is not desirable either
its sanitary or economical view to provide for the removal of
the macadamised road grit and filth, or the mud and. filth,
from the paved streets, or the mud and filth from the gra-
velled roads of tee metropolis, as those matters can, snare
beneficially for the public it felth, and at a less cost to the rate-
payers, be removed by the local authorities of the parishes
and districts by the scam' eers' carts. That it is not desirable
to provide for tie removal of the rain water which falls on
the surface of the metropolis through the sewers, as it is
ab':olutely necessary for the navigation of the Thames to
pent' the whole rainfall into the river in every district along
its banks, at the nearest points to where it falls, by eurfac,e eraa;e
drains, having no coeeection with the sewers, by gully. era',
ventilating gratings. That it is expedient to remove throng-If'
the sewers only tire personal excrete and house drainage,
calculating the same at six cubic feet per head daily for 31
millions of people."
Mr LESLIE presented the following proposition from Mrs
R. 11. Criekmer for taking off the sewage of the metropolis,
as defined in the preceding resolution, to which, after due
consideration by the Metropolitan Board of Weeks, it should
be found practical and desirable; that the ratepayers of the
metropolis would be saved at least two millions of the money
proposed to be guaranteed by the Government for main
drainage purposes, and without creating any nuisance :
"101, Borot4,h-road, Southwark, 1858.
"Sir,—l purpose receiving the house sewage as you have
proposed separate from the rain and surface waters, &c.,
and to take the whole off geologically through the various
stratas of the London Basin so that it shall ultimately rum
out through such stratas to and under the sea. And the
power thus obtained by sewage water running or passing
down a shaft to such stratas I propose to employ in raising
pure water for the use of the metropolis to be applied to any
useful and sanitary purpose.—l am, sir, your most obedient
servant, "R. H. CRICK.MIia.
"John Leslie, Esq."
The proposition was received.
The whole subject was adjourned to a future day.
Mr. H. L. TAYLOR moved the following motion, vrhiolt
was carried :—" That the plans for the MainArainage of the
metropolis, as delivered to her Majesty's Chief Commis-
sioner, be referred for consideration to a committee, with
power to confer with the engineers appointed by this board,
and to report to the hoard."
Mr. Howe then moved the following motion :—" That a
committee of the whole board be appointed to consider of
the best means of carrying, out the objects of the recent act,
With instructions to take evidence, hear opinions, and report
as to whether it is desirable to operate on the principle of
intercepting sewage or any other system,"
Mr. LESLIE seconded the motion.
A long discussion ensued, in the course of which all the
schemes proposed at various times for the drainage of the
metropolis were discussed, and ultimately the motion was
carried by a majority of 19 to 4.
It was then rrranged that the committee should meet on
Thursday at 12.
The board adjourned at half-past three.

MARKET INTELLIGENCE.

CORN EXOHANGE.
The show of foreign oats was extensive—of English very limited.
A full average business was transacted,.on former terms.
Beans, peas, and fiour sold at full quotations; but the inquiry
for them was by no means active.

AitUIVALS THIS MOM.
Wheat, Barley. I Oats. Emu..
Arglish 920 qrs. _So are. 650 qrs. 43) sli
Scotch
.....••••
Irteh : SOO ---
POrels-n ! 9010 I 2.2C80 i 160 ski
i
Do 1 --- 4340 -- I —__ brill
Malt 1620 qrs.

BOROUGH Hor 31ARKET.—The demand for all kinds of hops con-
tinues heavy, and yrices are barely supported.

VIBITECIIAPY.L.—Ecer, from is (id to Is 2 ; mutton, ?s 2d to 41
:d; iamb, 4s ,d to Ls 4d; veal, Ss 4.1 to 45 Cd; pork, 354 Od to
44 2'i per S lba. by the carcase. Each kind of moat sold slowly.

OPENING OF DONCASTER NEW PARISH CHURCH."'"
It has been decided that the event to which the inhabitants
of this town have long looked forward with so much interest
—the opening of their splendid new parish church—is to
take pace on Tt.urskty, the 14th of October next. 'rho
services will ex!end over two days, and arrangements are
being made to give to the pr':ccedings all the attractiveness
and eclat befitting so important au occasion. A strong
deeire has been expressed dint the Bishop sf Oxford should
be solicited to pr,ach one of the opening discourses, and
there can be no doubt that he would prove a very valuable
acquisiti:'n to the list of officia,ing ministers. At present
nothing Las been definitely settled on this point, but we
&Wit not the resin! In ill show that every effort has been
made to secure the must efficient preachers to proclaim the
glad tidings of the Gospel for the first time within the Wale
of this by titif4l 6121'4—Doncaster Chronicle.