The Sun.
London, England, 1858-08-21 00:00:00

THE MILITIA.

The Norfolk Artillery have received an order from the Earl
of Leicester, the Lord-Lieutenant of Norfolk, directing the
assembling of that reziment at. Great Yarmouth on the 7th
of eepteniber next, fir 72] days' trainiog and exercise. The
corps is nearly complete in point of numiTrs.
The Hampshire Militia Artillery, of which the Earl .of
Malmesbury is honorary colonel, arid Colonel Burnaby, late
Royal Artillery, lieutenant-colonel commandant, will tat-
seinble at Gosport on the `.2oth of September, for 21 days'

training and exercise.
The Rutland Militia will assemble at 0 iltham on Tues-
day, September the 21st, for 21 days' training and exercise.
The South Lincoln Militia will assemble at Grantham on
September 22, for a similar period.
The South Durham Militia will meet for 21 days' drill at
Barnard Castle on the 27th of September. The North
Durham Regiment will meet at Durham on the same da,
for drill. The Northumberland Artillery Regiment of
Militia will meet at Tynemouth on the 10th of September
for the usual 21 days' drill. The Sherwabd Foresters are
still at Newcastle and Tynemouth, and the men are daily
out on Whitley Sands at rifle practice, in which they make
great progress.

CROSSED CHEQUES.—A banker says :—" Notwith-
standing all that you say ahout crossed cheques, I maintain
that when a cheque is properly crossed it cannot be oblite-
rated, except through the fault or negligence of the person
crossing it. If the crossing is made with strong transverse
lines, it cannot he erased without mutilating the cheque;
but I have seen many crossed cheques where the crossing
w•a: not observable without special examination, and in such
cases it could, of course, be easily erased so as to avoid de-
tection."

THE METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS.—The
report of the Metropolitan Baird of Works for the year
ended June 30, 1858, appeared yesterday in print. The
Board refer to their former proceedings in connection with
the main drainage of L nation, a summary of which has
already been given in cur own perio fleet reports of the
meetings of the Board. They say it is obvious from the
wide range and recondite character of the inqniries con-
nected with the main drainage question, that a lags s',ar e
of the time and attention of the Board and their officers
must have been devoted to the sehj. ct, and that the conduct
of the elaborate investigations incident to the successive
plans which the Board have been required to prepare unit
have occasioned a very considerable expenditure. Toe
surveys, plans, and estimates e Innected with improve-
ments in the thoroughfares and communications of the
metropolis have also been attencle I with great labour
and expense. From the unsettled state of the main
drainage question, and the uncertainty which has
hitherto prevailed as to the lines of sewers which might
eventually be approved by that department of the G tvern-
ment charged by the statute with the ultimate determina-
tion of the plan, the Thud have been obliged to defer the
execution of extensive sewerage works until the question
shall have been finally decided. and proper outlets provided.
Between the 26th of March, 1857, and 25th of March, 1858,
11,208 feet of new sewers were laid down ; and 30 side en-
trances, 100 ventilating shafts, aid numerous flaps and
gulleys were constructed. The cost of eternising 166 miles
of main sewers during the year was £0,814, the repairs
£2,687, and the total expenditure on sewage works £28,404.
Application wa. made to the Board by vestries and dis•rict
boards for their sanction to loans on the credit of the heal
rates, amounting in the whole to £108,968, but, this sanction
is suspended. As regards the new line of street 70 feet in
width, between B;ackfriars-read and High-street, smith_
wark (the gross cost of which was estima'ed at £519,124), it
is stated that on the 16th of April last the Board agi eed %% it h
the Bank of England for a loan of £400,000 for seven years,
at 41 per cent, to be advanced by it/wall/tents of £30,000
each. This cash is to be applied to the Southwark improve
-
men and also to the " Covent Garden ap roach," the gross
cost of which is estimated at £91,820. Premiums were
awarded to the following gentlemen for designs of fl
streets :—Mr. H. D. Davies, 100 guineas •: m;st-la
.je.Tss T.
Knowles, 50 guineas ; and Messrs. Kandi% Warren, 10
gesineas ; and for designs of second-class streets, to Mr. W.
H. Cullingford, 50 guineas ;to Mr. Red "0 Guineas;
and to Messrs. S. Hughes and G. Hopkins,- 5 goinea;.
There is to be CO improved communication between the
East India Dock and Bow road. The Beard will con-
tribute to the cost of widening Mint-street, South-
wark ; High-street, Wapping • Mill-street, Dockhend ;
Rotherhithe-street ; and the improvementsi in the Minoties,
Nesvgate-street, and Fleet-street. The new park in Fins-
bury will include 2.50 acres, and the cost is estimated at
£216,820. The land is partly in Islington and partly in
Horusey. It was intended tolay out a park of 106 acres in
Bermondsey and Rotberhithe, to be called the Seuthevark-
park, but the Bill was dropped, owing to local objections to
the site of the park. The Board have improved the number-
ing of the houses in the New-road, between the Edgware-
road and the Angel at Islington. The necessity of ab dish-
ing the duplicate names of the streets advered to in
the last rep')rt of the Postmaster-General, has occu-
pied the serious attendon of the Beard, but their powers
are too restricted at present to enable them to carry out
to the full the useful suggestions of that report. The re-
ceipts of the board in the year ended Lady-day last
amounted to £75,751, and the payments to £90,260. The
outstanding debts due to the board were £133,601. They had
a cash balance of £54,403, and a sum of £4,048 in the New
Three tier Cents. The total liabilities of the Board amounted
to £452,448.
HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT AND PILLS AN INFALLIBLE
REMEDY FOR BAD LEGS.—Robei t Dickie, of Broad-street,
Allow, informed Mr. Curnminr, druggist, of the same town,
that about 18 years ago he injured his ankle in a Coal pit,
which afterwards farmed into a running ulcer. To cure it
he tried innumerable medicines, but without efhct. He
was in the Royal Infirmary about three years ago; there
they told him that amputation was the only chance of saving
his life. At last a friend very earnestly recommended him
to try Holloway's Ointment and Pills, and they have been
the sole means of healing the wound, and rendering his leg
perfectly sound. Printed directioue for their use accompany
• the medicines.