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19.837.124

PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE.

at all. I would not tecommend adopting a part of
the scheme.
By Mr. Alderman Cubitt—lt would of course be
an advantage to keep the banks of the river clean.
There is a great difference between the slopes on the
banks of the Seine and the Thames, as one is a
tidal river and the other is net. I have no doubt
that then channels would fill up.
By Sir B. Hall Looking at the map on the wall,
it indicates that. the current of the river towards
the Penitentiary is to the north, it then sits to the
south towards Lambeth Palace, and then it is di-
verted to the north approaching Watetloo-bridge ;
but we are told that, if this deep channel is fotmtel,
instead of the natural current it wilt be diverted to
tit(' south side at Waterloo-bridge, do you agree
with that erolsesifon ?
Mr. Bid ier—Ce tainly not.
Sir B. H dl—Will net the reenit be this,—the
fresh water that cmnes down will strike the south
side of this river below Lambeth Palace, will then
be turned in a northerly direction near Waterlito-
bridge, and there fill up the channel rather than
dee:tee it ?
Mr. Bidder—l have no doubt of it. To suppose
that these two li. tie channels will alter the course
of the river is quitenut of the question. Ido not
think it would be desirable to prosecute this scheme
as to these channels, and, in point of fact, if they
were made it would be so much meney thrown away.
By the Hon. J. Percy—l have no scheme of my
own, nor have I given au opinion upon any other
scheme. If these channels wereenade and wore
gilt of
the expense of dredging them w-.1',1 depun.l en-
tirely -anon the 4. line they took to fill up. If they
requited dredging once a month of course the ex-
pense would be very gr, at, but I will undertake to
say they will fill up. Ido not, believe a general
slope of 1 in 12 will answer, and i have alluded to
Blackwell, whole the mud accumulates on a slope
of lin G. lam not aware that great damage has
been -done to harbours and other places by embank-
meet of rivers.
By Lord Palmerston—Gravel has alconstant ten-
dency to travel towards the centre of the river. So
long as there is an i ra polling ferce it continues equal,
and if it Meets with noobstrucliou, gt.avel continues
its onward course ; but that depends upon the size
of the gravel.
Lord Palmerston—Suppose the bed of the river
tube perfeAly uniform and smooth over all its
area, the force equal, then the action of the cur-
rent would have no effect ?
Mr. Bidder—None at all. The removal of Lon-
don-bridge had led to the deepening of the channel
above bridge? If these channels were made they
would fill up, and could not be maintained. They
would silt up more or less. I will give you an in-
stance of that. I lately made holes in some grounds
of mine trough which a stream runs, for the pur-
pose of holding fish, and they have all filled up with
gravel. To make a running channel uniform in
all its parts that man must be more than mortal.
It might be in the constitutional tendency of . na-
ture to make deep places, bat that could not be
done by any other course. Ido not believe that
if you cut off an elbow in a stream formed by na-
ture that 3ou can do so without forming another.
If all the sewers were to discharge their contents
at low water mark it would prevent exhalations
and would be so far beneficial, but it would not re-
lieve the river.
By Sir J. Shelley—As far as gettine rid of he
mud banks this scheme would be beneficial—there
is no doubt of it. I do not think that would
cause any silting up of the channel as the sewage
matter is so light. With regard to the edges of
these channels at low water,. it would have a bad
effect upon the navigation. The stability of these
channels would dep,nd greet deal upon the ma-
teriele put in. Bricks would not remain utiltoet
they were cemented together. Granite blocks
would stand,' but that would be a great additional
expellee.
By Lord J. Manners—A dredged channel will
fill up. lam not aware of any part of the river
which has been dredged havieg filled up.
By the Chairman—lf a channel between the
Houses of Parliament and Westminster-bridge has
been dredged for seven years, and not filled up at
the present time, lam not aware of it, nor do I
believe it.
By the Chairman—l approve slopes if made of a
sufficient incline, but I do not think that the mud
ottuld be washed off with an incline of Ila 12. I
also approve the plan of sending the contents of
the sewers by means of closed channels into the
river at low watermark, for the same lesson as I
approve of removing mud from the banks. The
cukting of a channel on each side of the river has
never been heard of before and will never be heard
of again. Any rational man would carry a channel
to the centre, anti not on each side of the river.
This plan, in some respects, seems to me to create
an evil for the purpose of overcoming it.
By Mr. Roupell—Some portions of Mr. Gurney's
plan might to a certain extent ba useful, but the
work ought to be carried out in a more extensive
manner. I hive male no special examination of
the river after reatling Mr. Gurney's report.
By Mr. Tite—The river is as irregular lougitu-
dinally as it is crosswise. If it were suggested that
these channels should be formed, that the mouths
of the sewers at low watermark should be trapped,
and that tlie gases should be burnt by connecting
the sewers with a furnace, I should certainly not
feel disposed to recommend the adoption of such a
course as a temporary expedient. If an intercept-
ing
sewer were formed, except the removal of the
mud banks, these works would be of no use what-
li
ever.
By Mr. Alderman Cubitt—The deepening of the
channel would not necessarily affect the safety of
the bridges.
Mr. Jas. Lawes, examined by the Chairman—l
have given great attention to the sewerage ques-
tion. Some portions of Mr. Gurney's plan have
c ins under my notice. I read the report scene time
ago. My opinion is that the deposits oto the mud
banks of the Thames is the cause of the nuisance
I agree with Mr. Gurney that, whatever eistance
you carry the sewage down the river, it will come
back again. I agree with Mr, Gurney, too, that a
great deal of the present nuisance arises ft om the
mud banks of the Thames. If Mr. Gurne:e'e plan
would get rid of the mud banks and a great• deal of
the sewage which is floating about the river it
would be a great improvement ; but I cannot say
that this process would do that. Mr. Gurney's
elan would prevent the deposit of rapid ou the
batiks, and would prevent the exhalations of gases
as far as low eater mark ; but, as he sten cis all the
tewage into the Thames, I do not think it -will meet
all the difficulty. As long as we have a mass of

floating sewage in the Thames, Mr. Gurney's plan
will not remove it. In warm weather there is a
great escape of the noxious gases.
The Chairman—lf the sewage were discharged at
Barking-creek do you think it would return to
London ?
Mr. Lawes—l think it would. A considerable
part of it would return.
The Chairman—Would it return in such a form
as to be injurious to the inhabitants of London ?
Mr. Liw,s-4 think it would. If sewage deodo-
risatioa w"rks were to be established at Barking-
creek, I do not think the value of the manure
would be found.
By Sir B. Hall—l am not able to say from actual
experiment-4 what part of the sew,,,ge will return to
the metropolis. I have made no experiments of
th,t
Sir B. you give any idea of the effe :t of
thn liwe which is now To on Ihe IP tut bank?

THE STATE OF THE RIVEit THAMES.
The Select Committee appointed by the House
of Commons to inquire
,into the present state of
the river Thames, with a view of devising some re-
medy for the existing state of things, reassembled
yesterday at 12 o'clock. Mr. Kendall in the chair.
The other members of the committee present were
—the Hon. Percy Jocelyn Mr. Alderman Cubitt,
Sir John Yarde Millar, Sir John Shelley, Mr.
Tite, Mr. Roupell, Sir B. Hall, Lord Palmerston,
Lard John Manners, &c.
Mr. Goldsworthy Gurney was called and exa-
mined by the Critarman—He said, I :visa before
giving my evidence, to express a h >pe that the
public press will deal fairly, anti give the evido.ce
in favour of my plin as well as that given agaicstif.
After some discussion the committee said, they
could not prevent the public ttion of the evidence,
and passed a resolution regretting that some parts
of the evidence which were in favour of Mr. Gtr-
ney's plan on a former occasion had not been given
as well as that of Mr. Walkar against it.
Mr. Gurney was then further examined—He ad-
verted to the lodging of thl sewage in b, attices near '
the shore, and said, that,w hen the committee weu t
down the river the other day in a:steamboat, nearly
opposite Rotherhilie church, in the centre of the
river the water was tested, and it was found to be
altogether free from surell, while on tha sides of the
river the water was not much better than that in
an ordinary cesspool. He had taken water from
the London Docks, and that taktai 15 feet from
the 9urrace was i,,dird to be perfectly clear. The
smell principally. arose from the water at the sides
of the river. The sewage from tha sewer emptying
itself into the river near Hingerford-market was
quite clear, occasioned, he believed, by deep pits
in it, in which the sewage was precipitated. He was
not aware whether there had been any diver,iou of
the sewage f otn that sewer. A slope of the tanks
of 1 in 16 would generally keep thew clear, but 1
in 12 Would. be much better. (The witness then
gave some further evidence, which was entirely of
a technical and scientific el:aracter.)
Mr. G. Bidder, the celebrated engineer, was
then called and examined by the Chswatau. tie
said—l am a civil engineer, and have been so for
many years. I have read r. G. Gurney's report,
but it is a considerable time ago, and I do not ex-
actly understand upon what part of it I am called
upon to give an opinion.
The Chairman—Well, first of all, part of Mr.
Gurney's plan is this :—He intends to form two
channels 30 yards wide and three yards deep, with
au average distance of 50 yards from the wharf walls
with a slope of 1 in 12, by which means he consi-
ders that the mud which is now cast upon the banks
of the river will be removed, and so get rid of the
nuisance. Do you think, if he succeeds in dredging
channels of 30 yards wide and 0 feet in depth,
which are supposed to receive a scouring power,
that these channels will keep themselves clear with-
' out any inatet ial expenses in dredging ?
Mr. Bidder—l cannot tell whether the expenses
would be material or not, but they will require
dredging, as the bed of the river is composed of
gravel, and that is moved by the current of the
river. When the old London-bridge was removed,
a great change took place, for both Blackfriars and
Westminster brilges were affected by it, and
candy Vauxhall-bridge piershad to be encased with
stonework. I cannot speak to the neces-ity of
deepening the present channel 'he river, but it is
impossible that these small channels can. be kept
clear without artificial assistance. If they can be
kept clear without having recourse to dr; aging I
should say that it would he almost miraculous.
Clay will resist any amount of scour, but gravel
will not. The formation of these two channels would
be very inconvenient as regards the navigation of
the river, and especially at low water it steamers
came across the edges of these channels. If they
were formed they might stand. I think the ques-
tion as to whetherthese slopes would retain themu.l
at the inclination proposed must greatly depend on
the locality, as the mud remains on a slope :it __ac__ Isl k
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wall with an inclination of lin 5. Taking the upper
part of the Thames generally, I do noL Oink that a
slope of I in 12 will prevent the deposit of mud.
If all the outlets of the sewers were taken
down to low wattr mark it would be beneficial to a
certain extent, and the noxious gases would be ar-
rested, but no other advsntage would arise from it.
I agree with Mr. Bazilget.e—lntleed I have no
doubt a it—that the sewage lodging on the mud
banks is the cause cf great evil. Mr, Hawksley has
assisted inc in examining the river for the Metro-
politan Board of Works ; we are still pursuing our
and I hope in a few days, to be able tj
inquiries,
give you all the information you require upon alai
subject.
Mr. Roup(-11—You say that the gravel in the
river is liberated by the current or stream of the
river ; is not the motion a slow motion, and, if it
is so, would not the gravel be carried down the
river ?
Mr. Bidder—Yes; but below London-bridge I
find mud on the banks and gravel in the middle of
the river. But, as regards the slow motion of the
eravel, you may have a notion that it is slow ; but
I do not think, if it moves 100 yards in a day, that
can be called a slow motion. If there are to he
angles from the shore of 1 in 12, I do not believe
that they will be free from mud. I cannot say, as
a general principle, that a slope of 1 in 12 will be
sufficient to prevent mud depositing on them. If the
sewers of the metropolis were to be carried to low
water mark in the river, the P obability of the sew-
age being carried to the sea would be the same as it
is at present. It would be the same in that respect,
but it would prevent the accumulation of mud on
the banks.
Mr. Tite—Supposing all the sewers to be trapped,
the sewage to be turned out of the sewers a; low
water mark, the noxious gases to be drawn out of
the sewers and burnt in
furnaces with high chim-
neys, and that thereshould be an angle on the shore
with a slope throughout of lift 12, with channels on
each side of the river to facilitate the drainage to
tne sea, do you think that this plan would be a so-
lution of the drainage
question? Give us your opi-
nion upon the whole scheme, as a remedy for the
present evils ?
Mr. Bidder—That would open the whole ques-
tion as to whether those two little channels will
cure the impurity of the Thames. That is a guess
tion I would rattier vo into ;:t another time.
Mr. Tire--I want your opinion bow. Do you
think the whole scheme a feasible one ?
Mr. Didder—l do not think it is a feasible plan

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Mr. Lawes—lt will arrest. the nuislnce to a
certain extent, but I thiiik it will have a preju-
dicial effect on the navigation of tit', river, as for
every ton of lime thrown in you g:t four tons of
deposit, and if you t'irow in one Init.:dr:A tons
a-Week that may prove a very serious matter. All
the sedimentary matter goes down to the bottom
by the action of the lime, and if the practice of
throwing lime into the river went on long enough
the navigation would be ,choked up.
Sir
...B. Hall—Suppose a large ounni'tv cf
thrown to oo d into f.. the current was
_arid be the tesuit ?
Mr. Lawes—lt would choke up the sewer.
There was no doubt that the lime would cause a
large amount of deposit.
By Lord Palmerston—Supposing all tile sewage
of the metropolis to be discharged into the stream
of the river, and retained there for sonic little time,
before it was carried down the river, and there was
a certain amount of temperature, it would emit
noxious and disagreeable gases?
Mr. L twos—Tile river would be dangerous when
the temperature was from 6S d,-2. to 70 deg. The
tetuperatureof the atmosphere wou!d then be about
120 deg. There would always be a great deal of
noxious exhalation during summer. To secure
London front the inconvenience to which it is now
subject, and to remove the sewage to the lower
part of the river, and to prevent it coming back
within the limits of the metripolis, they must de-
stroy that part of the sewage which is held in SUS-
pension, as the matters held in suspension are the
most dangerous.
By Sir J: Shelley.--'I think the smell from the
Thames would be removed if they threw in lime
enough ; but that would be at an enormous ex-
pense to the ratepayers. Ido not think that the
spending of 1,500/. in lime would have the effect
• of raising its price in the market. The present nui
EMU) may probably last as long as the warm wea-
tiler lasts.
At half-past 4 o'clock the committee adjourned.

THE THAMES SE WAGE.

(Prom the Times.)
The sewage question reminds one of the won
dorfil storehou,e. at Weedon Barracks, where an
infirite quantity of hoots and other stores are
poured in at one end and disappear at the other,
uoboay knows how, without any reckoning. Com-
mittee after Committee, Commission after Com-
mission, has sat on the question, collecting facts
enough to build on them a hundred different
systems of drainage. But nobody appears to know
ant thing of them. The facts are but ied, forgotten,
obsolete, rotten before they are ripe. So, when we
ask for something to be done, the cry is for another
Commission, or Committee upstairs. As, in corn-
piiance with Mr. Disraeli's request, Orders are now
to have I:meal-nee of Motions every day of the
week, and the Thames nusance bas
become a ;ea-on for nothing (Ise beteg done ex-
cept what cannot be helped, it is time to ask,
" How about the Thames iised?" It we have a
world of business besides, that might perhaps ex,
cuse our doing nothing with the river, for there
are cireumstances under which life itself becomes
a secondary consideration. But there is nothing
else. The India Bill is no hi-g, for Parliament
has agreed to take the third India. Bill, snorii of
all peculiarities, and reduced to a n..utral colour.
As for measures in general, Government inherits
none, and has marle none of its own. It pleads
its position, the heat of the weather, and the
peltdential stream that flows by its .windows. So,
what with provisional government, and welt with
the Thames, Lord DJ.by and his friend{ have an
easy time of it. But, if the Themes is to bee reason
for doing nothing else, it is all the stronger
for our doing something with the nuisance itself.
In fact, it rests with Government. They have the
game iu their hands. Parliament would give them
any powers they might have the courage and
honesty to ask for, if they really wished to be
worth their salt. They have only to apply for a
Portion of those powers under which they are blow-
ing mountains ti pieces, and casting them into the
sea, to make harbours of refuge, or making docks
larger and larger at all the great arsenals, and
Parliament will be too happy to give them twice
as much authority and money as they ask for. So,
it is at their responsibility that the work is post-
poned. They are now doing nothing but throwing
a few b ettloads of lime into the river, in the vain
hope of sweetening the classic aborts of Lambeth
and Millbtuk, or pottering somewhere or o her
with the mouths of the sewers. All that will make

Mighty little difference th's time next year. We
waut something that will go to the heart of the
evil, and that without a day's longer delay than is
absolutely necessary.
That the problem is an easy one, or that it
admits of mathematical certainty, is more than any
man would venture to say ; but we have a very
wrong opinion that the inherent difficulties of the
case are not so great as those which prejudice or
jobbery would superadd to them. All must re-
member the very great pains taken to make the
Exhibition in Ily,le Park an eternal affair, a thin('
of brick and mortar, an architectural triumph.°
Walls 12 feet, domes of solid masonry, and fouuda-
tions down to the London clay, were come of the
features of the project, and there was good reason
to fear that a continu,,us stream of bricks would sot
in at every approach to the park for the next
twelvemonth. In like manner our earlier railway.
stations comprehended vast palatial halls for
no•hino. at all, and porticoes borrowed from the
largest temples of antiquity. In the later ones the
directors, " wiser grown," have been content to
cover the largest possible areas with the lightest
possible wood or iron roofing. Twenty years ago