The Sun.
London, England, 1866-01-06 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 6, 1866.

METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS.

The usual meeting of the Metropolitan Board of
Works was held yesterday at the office in Spring.
gardens ; Sir John Thwaites in the chair.
FINANCE.

The financial statement was presented, which
showed the following cash balances in the hands of
the treasurer :—Current accounts, £154,40995. 3d. ;
deposit accounts, £178,000. Total, £332,409 9s.
3d. Payments were ordered to be made to the
amount of £2,204 is. Bd.
ELECTION OF MEDICAL OFFICERS TO THE FIRE
BRIGADE.

The first business brought before the Board was
the election of medical officers to the Fire Brigade
for Districts A, B, and C. For the A division, ex-
tending from the Strand to Hampstead, there were
26 candidates, but the election fell upon Mr. John
Lumsden Propert, of No. 100, Glocester-place,
Pcrtman-square. From the B division, extending
from the city to Islington, there were 26 candi-
dates, but the election fell upon Dr. Saunders, of
No. 13, Queen-street, Cheapside. For the C divi-
sion, extending from the city to the east part of
London, there were 17 candidates. The election
fell upon Mr. T. G. Woodforde, of 5, Lansdowne-
terrace, Bromley. The successful candidates seve-
rally returned thanks on their. appointment.
CONCESSION OF SEWAGE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE
THAMES.

A long report was brought up from the Main
Drainage Committee, detailing the steps the com-
mittee had taken in reference to this question, and
stating that as Mr. Ellis found himself unable to
proceed to Parliament in the ensuing session for
powers to carry out his plan for the utilisation of
the sewage on the south side of the river, in their
opinion it was inexpedient to grant a concession of
the sewage. A long letter by Mr. Ellis, combating
objections urged by Mr. Bazalgette, the chief en-
gineer to the Board, was also read.

Mr. SHORE said, by the arrangements which had
already taken place, if a concession had not been
granted to Mr. Ellis he knew not what a concession
was. He thought that the time for Mr. Ellis to carry
out his plan should be extended, as he felt assured
they
.would not get a better one.
The CHAIRMAN said they would first have to con-
sider whether the report and the letter of Mr. Ellis
should be inserted on the minutes.

Mr. CoLLnisoN was opposed to entering attacks
on the members of the Board and on their officers on
the minutes, for were they to do so he thought it
would be setting a bad precedent, as it would be an
encouragement to any •one who was disposed to at-
tack a member or throw stones at the Board to do so
when he knew that such documents would be en-
tered on the minutes.
Mr:, RICHARDSON was in
.favour of those docu-
ments going on the minutes.

Major LYON said Mr. Ellis's letter cast an impu-
tation and assigned motives to Mr. Newton, a mem-
ber of the Board, and but for that he would have
votedfor the insertion of the letter on the minutes.
Mr. FREEMAN said he hoped that the letter would
merely lie upon the table, and be there treated with
all the contempt it deserved.

Mr. PECKETT was also Opposed to the insertion of
the letter on the minutes, as it would be setting a
bad precedent.
Mr. SAUNDERS hoped the letter would be received
and kept for reference in the future as to this ques-
tion, but he objected to its being inserted on the
minutes. •

The motion that the letter of Mr. Ellis be enterec
in extenso on the minutes was then put, and nega.
tived by a
°majority of 22 to 3:

METROPOLIS SEWAGE, &C., COMPANY.

A report was brought up from the Main Drainage
Committee, recommending that the application of-
the Metropolitan Sewage, &c., Company, for
permiSsion to enter upon the land belonging to
the Board at Barking Creek, for
_the purpose of
depositing materials, be granted • on condition

that the question of the amount for the temporary
occupation and the ultimate price to be paid for land
to be purchased be left to a referee to be agreed
upon between the board and the company, and that
the company be also permitted, during the pleasure
of the Board, to carry the waste water from their
land by the main outfall in an open drain through
the Board's land, for delivery into the creek.
Mr. ROCHE thought, before the Board agreed to
sell their land to the Metropolis Sewage Company,
they ought to bring up a plan on which the amount

of laud required should be clearly defined, and he
moved an amendment to that effect.

Mr. LEGG seconded the amendment, which was
put and carried.

THE PROGRESS OF THE EMBANKMENT WORKS.
The engineer presented his monthly report on the
progress and cost of the Thames Embankment, &c.,
works. It was as follows :

" North Side of the Thames.—Thames Embank-
ment (Contract No. 1), between Westminster and
Waterloo Bridges.—The works that have been car-
ried out in connexion with this' contract comprise
about 3,238 ft. in length of timber, coffer, and iron
caisson dams, either completed or in various stages
of progress. Structural works of concreting, brick-
work, granite, and other masonry, and works of
excavation have been and are now proceeding within
the various completed dams for a length in the ag-
gregate of about 1,568 ft. The completed works
comprise about I,Oloft. in length of the low-level
sewer, 284 ft. of the flushing sewer, 1,604 ft. of the
4f t. sewer for intercepting smaller drains, and 916 ft.
of the subway. 408,627 cubic yards of material
obtained from the land or river have been filled in
behind the embankment works. The approximate
cost of the work done, materials on the ground, and
plant is £251,370 ; £6,841 representing the progress
made by Mr. Furness in thepast month. Of the total
amount, the sum of £137,404 represents the works,
£59,337 the•materials, and £54,629 the plant. By
the strict terms of the contract the works should
be completed by the 16th of August next, but there
was so much delay at the outset, first from want of
possession of the wharves necessary for the deposit
of materials and plant, next from the various expe-
riments on the caissons and timber dams to be
adopted, then with respect to whether the Board
would construct a steamboat pier at Hungerford,
and now from the works of the Waterloo and
Whitehall Railway near that point, that I fear the
actual time of completion may be extended many
months beyond that date.

" Thames Embankment (Contract No. 2) be-
tween Waterloo-bridge and .Temple-gardens.—
Within the western dam the excavations for the
foundations of the river wall, sewer, and subway
have been completed, and the brickwork of the
footings got in for the whole length of 796 ft. Of
this length about 500 ft. of the brick and stone work
of the river wall and sewer are completed to a level
equal to Trinity high-water mark. For the re-
maining length, 296 ft., these works are brought up
to a height of 4ft. above low water. The whole of
the piles in the eastern dam, a length of 450 ft., have
now been driven, and the clay puddle ie being fast
filled in. The Temple steamboat pier is in a for-
ward state, the greater portion of it being, com-
pleted to within a few feet of high-water mark.
During the month 88 cubic yards of excavation
have been got out and 2,326 yards of Portland
cement concrete shot in, 170 rods of brickwork laid,
and 9,476 cubic feet of granite bedded. The ap-
proximate value of the works completed and of the
materials and plant upon the ground is £163,882,
£6,339 being due to the progress made by Mr. Rit-
son in the past month. Of the total amount the
proportionate sum of £119,967 is for work,£lB,B9B '
for materials, and £25,017 for plant. Strictly by
the terms of this contract the works should be com-
pleted by March 9 next, but, as in No. 1 contract,
delay was experienced in obtaining possession of the
requisite wharf accommodation, and there were other
Minor causes of delay, equally beyond the contrac-
tor's control, and which will probably retard the
actual completion of the works for a period of about
six months beyond that date.

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" Low-level Sewer—The length of main line of
sewer completed in the past month is 288 ft., and of
the Old Ford branch 234 ft., making the total com-
pleted length of sewer under the contract nearly

gers.

United States 5-20 Bonds have improved nearly $l, closing
654 to /. Illinois Shares are now quoted (ex dividend) 77f
to 78, equivalent to an advance of a half per cent.; but Eries,
after improving $l, close flat at a half per cent. under last
week's price ; viz., 56/ to 7.
OFFICIAL TRANSACTIONS FOR THE WEEK.—United States;
6 per Cent. 5.20 Bonds, 1882: Thursday, 64f f 4 5/ .
Friday, 654 5 f ; Saturday, 654 4; Tuesday, 65f f 4 f,
Erie Shares, $lOO, all paid : Thursday, 571 g ; Friday,
57f / ; Saturday, 574 f ; Tuesday, 58/ ; Wednesday,
57f / 7 6/ ; do. 6 per Cent. Debenture Scrip : Thursday,
pm. ; Friday, pm. ; Saturday, if pm. ; Tuesday, 1/ pm. ;
Wednesday, pm. Illinois Central Shares, all paid: Thurs-
day, 80/ a / 14 ; Friday, 784 ; Saturday, 79f xd. ; Tues-
day, 791 8 4 xd. ; Wednesday, xd.

The motion of Mr. Roche was put and agreed to,
and the report of the engineer was ordered to be
printed and circulated.

The other business of the Board was then disposed
of, and it adjourned.

The late Fatal Collision in the Channel.

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THE BOARD OF TRADE INQUIRY.
DOVER, Friday.
The Board of Trade inquiry into the late fatal
collision in the Channel was resumed this day in the
Town-hall. The Court was similarly constituted
as yesterday.
Mr. O'Dowd stated to the Court that he thought,
in the absence of the Captain of the Belgique, who
was lying at Ostend unwell, and who was incapable,
according to the doctor's certificate, of attending the
court to give evidence in the matter, that they
should hear the evidence of the first officer of that
vessel.

The first officer was accordingly called into the
witness-box, and his evidence was occasionally de-
livered in French and interpreted by Mr. Latham,
the Dutch Consul.
Charles Acrebiss, examined by Mr. O'Dowd, said
—I am a first-lieutenant in the Belgian Royal Navy
and I am first officer on board the mail packet
Belgique. She left Ostend on the evening of the
13th of December last about 8 p.m. The weather
was dark and hazy. We reached the Admiralty
pier about 1 o'clock. Between 11 and 12 o'clock I
could discern the Calais and Cape Grisnez lights.
This was before I paseed the South Foreland. I
saw the Foreland lights afterwards about two or
three miles off. n e went at least at 13 knots an
hour. This is our usual speed. I was on deck be-
tween Dunkirk and Dover. Captain Owen, the
captain of the Belgique, is unwell, and has been so
for some days. I saw a steamer's light during the
voyage, about half-past 12 o'clock. First a mast-
head light, and subsequently her port red light. We
heard the steamer's whistle. We could not see her
hull. When I first saw her red lights she seemed to
be about half a mile off. We did not see the hull of
any vessel between Dunkirk and Dover in crossing
the Channel. We always go at the same speed ex-
cept in foggy weather or a heavy sea. I did not
consider it necessary to slow the engines that night.
They were not slowed. I was merely acting as
first officer, and was not in the command of the
vessel. We received intelligence of the accident as
soon as we reached the pier, and we went off to the
Saniphire's assistance directly. We went of our own
accord to her assistance ; we were not sent, as it has
been stated in some of the papers. We did not stop
to unload the baggage. We found the Samphire
about 20 minutes after we started. We made GOO
revolutions, and that is why I calculated we reached
the Samphire in 30 minutes. The Samphire bore
from the Admiralty pier S.S.E.. We took the pas-
sengers on board and landed them at Dover. We
went out again about half-past 4 o'clock in search
of the Samphire, and found she had altered her po-
sition. She was 12 miles from Dover, close to the
Yarn light. It was thicker and more hazy in Dover
Bay than it was out at sea.
By Mr. Edwards—We could not see the Sam-
phire's lights when we started from the Admiralty
pier, nor after we cleared the pier. We went in
search of her according to the course she ought to
have been in and the current. The tide was setting
to the westward. This was the first time we went to
her. The tide had been setting eastward from about
5 o'clock and turned ebb at midnight. I can't tell
how far the Samphire was off when we first caught
sight of her. The maximum speed of the Belgique
is about 14 knots an hour.
By Capt. Harris—The Belgique belongs to the
Belgian Royal Navy, and the speed of the vessel is
left to the entire control of the commander, and in
case of any accident he would be tried by a court-
martial. No one on board the Belgique heard any
cries from the steamer which we saw on our voyage,
or we should have gone to her assistance. Wepassed
the steamer about half a mile distant, as near as I
can judge. I supposed by the steamer's whistling
she was in want of a pilot. We did not pay much
attention to her, and did not observe that she was

waving her lights. We did not see the South Sand-
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head light, aswepassed it at a considerable distance,
and it was too hazy to see it. Probably had it been
a fine clear night we should have seen it. Ido not
know at what distance we usually pass that light.
By Captain Baker—lf a vessel had happened to
pass us that night it would have been very difficult
to avoid her, as she could not be perceived in suffi-
cient time to get out of her way, owing to the haze
mad darkness. I did not see the hull of the Sam-
phire as we passed her.
By Mr. Fox—We steered west, three-quarters
north, from Ostend.
Mr. Churchward—That would bring the Belgique
from eight to ten miles distant from the South
Sandhead light.

By Captain Harris—That is the usual course for
that tide.

By Mr. Knocker—The head of the Samphire was
to the north.

The Mayor addressed the witness before he left
the box, and said before he left the court he wished
to tender his thanks and the thanks of his brother

magistrates to him and all on board the Belgique
for the promptitude and kindness with which they
went to the rescue of our fellow-countrymen on
board the Samphire, whose lives were endangered
through coming into collision with the bark
Fanny Buck.

Capt. James Pitlock, examined by Mr. O'Dowd—
I am captain of the Maid of Kent. I have a certificate

of competency. I crossed the Channel from Calais to

Dover about 2 o'clock on the morning of the 14th.
Mr. O'Dowd here addressed the Court, and said
he did not think the evidence that would be adduced

by this witness was of any value, because he could

only give evidence of the state of the weather after
2 o'clock, which would affect the case.

John Sharp, examined by Mr. O'Dowd—l am a
leading man of the night quarters of the London,

Chatham, and Dover Railway Company, stationed

on the pier. I was on the pier on the night of the

13th of December when the second boat of the

Samphire arrived with three of the crew, the mail

master, two of the bark's crew, and some passen-
After the passengers were landed I handed a

light to Datland to look for the plugs of the boat.

I saw him pick the two plugs out of the boat. They
were fastened to her lanyard. There were a rag or

handkerchief in the plug hole. There was three or

four inches of water in the boat. I took another

shore hand in the boat, and sent the boat to try
and find the Samphire.

By Capt. Harris—l could not see the lights of the
Samphire, because the weather was hazy. We heard
the whistle
,of a steamer blowing an hour before the

four miles. The value of the whole of the work
executed is about £178,421, of which the sum of
£5,321 is due to the progress made by Mr. Webster
in the past month.
" Abbey Mills Pumping Station—The brickwork
of the whole of the footings of the building has
been got in, and the outer walls all round brought
up to a height of sft. above them. The quantity
of Portland cement concrete deposited is 2,517 cubic
yards, and the number of rods of brickwork laid
100. There is a large quantity of stone on the
ground, which is being dressed. The value of the
completed work is £14,132, of which £2,132 re-
presents last month's progress. Portions of the
machinery continue to arrive from Messrs. Roth-
well's foundry.
" South Side of the Thames—Thames Embank-
ment (Contract No. I)—Mr. Webster has completed
I,oooft. run of piling for the dam and 1,250 ft. run
in staging have been driven to an average depth
of 16ft. About 95,000 cubic feet of timber have been
used in these works, and about 75,000 ft. are upon
the ground ready for use.
" J. W. RAZALGETTE, Chief Engineer."
Mr. ROCHE complained of the very slow progress
which was made by Mr. Furness with the Embank-
ment work No. 1, and said that he should move
that this subject be referred to the Thames Em-
bankment Committee. The time when this work
ought to be completed would be August in the pre-
sent year ; but, in his opinion, two years would not
be sufficient to see its completion.
The ENGINEER said he vlas unable to fix a time
when he could say the work would be completed.
Mr. ROCHE said he hoped that Mr. Furness would
be informed that, unless the work was done in a
reasonable time, they would consider whether the
penalties for delay should not be enforced.

By Captain Harris—l heard the whistle of a
steamer about half-past 11 o'clock. I did not un-
derstand it was a signal for a pilot. We took it to
be a signal for the pilot to be landed. We sailed
towards the place where the whistle appeared to
be sounded for an hour and a half. We
could see the vessel's lights, and they appeared to
be going to the west, and that is why we thought
the whistle was blown as a signal to land the pilot.
We saw her masthead lights. We sailed after her
until half-past 12, and then, as she was out of our
limits, we gave over the chase. She was going to-
wards the Yarn light. We only exhibited on the
cutter a masthead light, excepting every quarter of
an hour, when we exhibited a " flare up."
By Mr. Fox—We passed the Samphire when she
was going out. I don't think we could have seen a
vessel a quarter of a mile off without a light. I
don't think we zould see it before we were into it.
Mr. O'Dowd addressed the Court, and said he
was happy to be able to inform the Court that this
closed the evidence that he intended to produce on
the part of the Board of Trade. He had merely to
put in one document which had been referred to iu
evidence, and referred to, he was willing to admit,
not irrelevantly. It was the contract entered into
on the sth June, 1863, between the Right Hon. E.
J. Lord Stanley of Alderley, Postmaster-General,
and the South-Eastern Railway Company, and the
London, Chatham, and Dover Railway Company.
In justice to the Post-office department, with refe-
rence to a portion of the evidence affecting that ser-
vice, it would be his duty before the close of the in-
quiry to call the particular attention of the Court
to those clauses of the contract which were deemed
to have a bearing upon the inquiry. -The copy which
he proposed to hand in was printed by the Queen's
printer, and he assumed that without formal and
technical proof there would be no objection to its
being admitted.

No objection being made, the printed copy of the
contract was handed in by Mr. O'Dowd.

The afternoon was occupied in reading over the
evidence adduced by the witnesses that was left un-

read on the previous day.
The inquiry was adjourned until this day, when;
in all probability, the proceedings will be concluded.

SEASONABLE BENEVOLENCE.—On Wednesday
Miss Burdett Coutts entertained 300 poor people of
Westminster, resident in St. Stephen's parish, at a New
Year's dinner in the schoolrooms of St. Stephen's. The
feast, which was substantial and abundant, was enlivened
by the music of a portion of the Coldstream Guards' band,
with choral singing and speeches, and occasioned very
great enjoyment. Among the company present were the
Dean of Westminster, Cannon Jenning, the Subdean of the
Chapel Royal, the Rev. Messrs. Tennent, Moore, and
Henslowe, Miss Bouchier, and others.
PRESIDENT JOHNSON AND GENERAL GRANT.--
Even under the most favourable and least • trying
conditions there is hardly anything more injudicious than
extreme measures and extreme views. But in circumstances
of difficulty and danger the perilousness of such a policy
reaches its maximum. This is conspicuously illustrated in
America at the present time. If there is one thing which
can restore peace and order and prosperity in the Union
it is a policy of moderation and compromise, and such a
policy the President and some of the chief men of his party
seem disposed, honestly and impartially, to carry out, both
in their domestic affairs and their foreign relations. But
there is, unfortunately, a party who hold extreme views,
and who will be satisfied with nothing but extreme mea-
sures. President Johnson, in his Message to the Senate,
considers that the people of the Southern States are yield-
ing obedience to the laws of the Federal Government with
a greater degree of willingness and promptitude than could,
under the peculiar circumstances of the case, have been
expected. The prospect of affairs seems to him to promise
more favourable for the future than any but the most
sanguine would have ventured to anticipate, even at the
time when the North found that they had won the victory.
The South were beaten and overwhelmed in the field ;
but this would have availed little in the absence of that
willingness to accept the situation, with good temper, and
make the most of it, to which the President alludes. The
Southerner might have presented the frame of mind of the
Pole under the Russian yoke ; and to deal with him so as
to restore the Union in any profitable sense would have
been impracticable. But the Southerners know that the
Federals are of the same race with themselves—in many
instances their own kinsfolk; not an inferior race, as the
Poles consider the Russians ; and they are inclined to
meet their late adversaries half-way in reconciliation. The
President finds that sectional animosity is surely and
rapidly dying out, and that a butter spirit is taking its
place ; and he has reason to believe that national repre-
sentation, combined with a proper and equitable system of
taxation, will bring about a satisfactory restoration of the
Union. General Grant also finds facts which lead him to
the like conclusion. He reports that thinking men in the
South accept the present situation in good faith. They
regard the questions of slavery and secession as settled
by the issue of the late war. A significant recommenda-
tion of the General's is that thero should be small garri-
sons of white troops in those parts of the interior of the
South where there are many freed negroes. He considers

that in:other parts of the interior no force is necessary, se
I satisfied is he of the peaceable feeling and spirit which
animate the white people where they are more by them-
selves, and there is less likelihood of a collision of the two
races. The South, in his opinion, desires to return to self-
government within the Union as soon as possible ; but in
the transition state of reconstruction it requires the pro-
I tection of the Government. The explanation of this is to
be found in another significant statement of General
Grant's. He considers that the freed negro's mind is not
yet disabused of the notion that he has a right to live with-
out care and without making a provision for himself in
the future. He seems to fancy that he is expected to do
nothing for himself, and that everything is to be done
for him by the Government. The consequence of this is
that the freed blacks, speaking generally, manifest a strong
tendency to idleness, and crowd together into the camps
and cities, where it is obvious they are not required as
labourers. The General considers that those freedmen will
require for some years to come not merely laws for their
protection, but the fostering care of those on whom they
rely for counsel and guidance. Hence his reason for recom-
mending the continuance of the Freedmen's Bureau, im-
proved and modified, so as to form a branch of the military
department. These views of the President and the Com-
mander-in-Chief are moderate and sensible. Mr. Johnson
does not think unfavourably of the whites of the South ;
General Grant does not think too favourably of the blacks
or expect too much from them. Neither of these high
authorities are for looking upon the whites as a conquered
people to be subjected to the iron rule of martial law ; nor
upon the negroes as men who, by the mere fact of manu-
mission, are at once invested with the moral and intel-

lectual qualities fitting them to exercise all the political
functions and privileges of the white race trained to
freedom and self-government through a dozen genera-
tions.—Morning Post.
[ADvEwnsEmENT.]— Dyspepsia (indigestion), constipa-
tion, debility, consumption, and all nervous, bilious, stomach,
and liver complaints in every stage, are only aggravated and
aceeleraced by drugs of every description, but perfectly cur-
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Food, as proved by thousands of cases which had been con-
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Fifty years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, nervousness,
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first mate came to the 'pier. We thought she was
blowing her whistle for a pilot. I was not in court
when the last witness gavehis evidence. I firstheard
a steamer's whistle about half-past 11 o'clock. I
was by the side of the Lord Warden hotel. I did
not go to the pier until about a quarter to 1 o'clock.
I heard the whistle blown from time to time dur-
ing the whole of that period.
Thomas Friend, examined by Mr. O'Dowd—l
am a master of the Lord Warden pilot cutter. The
book produced is the cutter's log-book. There are
entries made up to midnight upon the state of the
weather on the 13th of December. The entries are
made by me every morning, containing an account
of the weather for every four hours. The entry
from eight o'clock on the night in question till mid-
night of the state of weather is " Moderate breeze
hazy weather."