The Sun.
London, England, 1866-01-27 00:00:00

SOUTHWARK-STREET.

The Streets Committee brought up a report which
had been sumbitted to their engineer, stating that
the damage done to the subway in SoUthwark-street
had been made good.
Mr. COLLINSON did not agree to the report of the
engineer, for it was impossible for the contractor to
make good the damage the water company had done
to the subway. It was a Fact that the company,
although they had ref tised to use the subway, be-
cause they said it would be dangerous to their pipes,
had sunk them six inches below the crown of the
side entrance of their subway, and had thereby tres-
passed upon the Board's territory, and, in fact,
adopted all the danger to which they referred when
they refused to make use of the pubwlejt (in order
to preserve the street), while thcry put the public to
the inconvenience of having the roadway broken up,
and themselves to the unnecessary expense of
doing so.

Mr.
NEw TON moved that the report be referred
back to the committee.

Mr. CoLuNsoN seconded the motion, and it was
agreed to unanimously.

UTILISATION OF THE SOUTHERN SEWAGE.

On the motion of Mr.! EvANs, this question,
which was appointed to come on at one o'clock, was
adjourned for a fortnight.

METROPOLITAN RAILWAY BILLS BEFORE PARLIAMENT.

Mr. SMITH, the solicitor to the board, reported
that the following bills had not complied with the
standing orders, and were therefore considered as
dead :—Barnet, Hendon, Hampstead, and London
Railway—Bricklayers' Arms and Elephant and
Castle Railway Clapham and London-bridge
Railway—House of Parliament Approaches—Kil-
burn Railway Metropolitan Railway (Station
Collecting Line) No. I—Midland and Great Wes-
tern Junction Railway—North Surrey Railway--
Waterloo and Whitehall Railway (Extension to
Newington-butts).
Some routine business was disposed of, and the
board adjourned.

COOLIES IN THE SOUTH.--In Louisiana an effort
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ge Cooliestheattention as
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planterstish ebesinugbjieuicnatdiest o
Georgia and Alabama. The proposal
to bring labor from India and China is too absurd
to be entertained. The Coolie trade has been a
curse and a stain on the civilisation of the nine-
teenth century, and it is not at all probable that
the United States Government would ever allow any
State to traffic in these poor creatures. Slavery
was bad enough, and they have got rid of the
pest. To introduce Coolies wonld be to revive
slavery in another form. The idea is repugnant
to every principle of humanity and Christianity,
and its effect would be to retard the progress of
both, and check the advancement of the Southern
States. Such foolish schemes do not aid the South-
ern people, or tend to their prosperity. They arc
now in pressing want of labor, and they have it at
their doom without seeking to traverse thousands
of miles of ocean and drag an inferior quality from
the " jungles of llindoostan and the tea-gardens of
China."

THE AMERICAN FENIANS.—The New York cor-
respondent of the Times seams to attach consider-
able importance to the Fenian movement. He says
I am informed upon authority which I believe to be
perfectly trustworthy that the leaders of the Fenian have
plans of the citadel of Quebec in their possession, and
soundings of all the Canadian rivers, and that an attempt
is fully planned against one of the cities. In point of fact
Americans begin to be anxious about the probable conse-
quences of this colossal conspiracy. There are now 700
"circles" of Fenians in the United States and over 380,000
members. The monthly receipts from subscriptions are
$200,000, and O'Mahony is mid to have several millions
accumulated in the banks. Money comes from Australia,
and nearly all parts of the world where Irishmen are
found. These are facts which you may consider as being
beyond dispute. Tho brotherhood has established a sys-
tem of espionage over every "doubtful character," and
your correspondent, when in New York, has the advantage
of being constantly dogged by watchful Fenians, who
contrive to get copies of his visitors' cards, and other-
wise make themselveS'agreeable."
ANOTHER YNCENDIARY FIRE IN HERTS.—We are
sorry again so speedily to have to record another
fire supposed to be the work of au incendiary, which was
discovered between eight and nine on Wednesday night at
Mr. Marson's farm, Maple Cross, West Hyde, llickmans-
worth, and so frequently occurring in this district, is really
now becoming quite serious and alarming to the
tants, this making the third fire occurring since Tuesday
morning in this week. The fire was first discovered in ono
of the farm outhouses, in which a quantity of haulm. was
stored, and which was burnt down. It was feared that
some of the horses would have perished in the conflagra-
tion, but fortunately all were saved. The parish engine
was the first to arrive, then Lord Ebury's from Moor Park,
but the fire was well got under before the arrival of the
latter engine, and before 12 p.m. the fire was completely
extinguished.

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