The Sun.
London, England, 1861-09-07 00:00:00

AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR.

Computed from the Returns made in the week ending
Sept. 3, 1861, exclusive of the duties of Customs paid or
payable thereon on the importation thereof into Great
Britain : per cwt.
Muscovado, the produce of British America 22s 61d
Muscovado, the produce.of the Mauritius .. —s --d
Muscovado, the produce of the East Indies.. 17s 31d
Average price of the foregoing.. .. 22s id

THE HARVEST IN LINCOLNSHIRE.—It appears
that harvest work in Lincolnshire will not close till this
(Saturday) evening—a week later, as compared with the
more eastern counties. The new wheat is so much supe
rior in quality 10 the last year's crop that a stranger would
scarcely believe that it was grown in the same county. At
Spalding market, for instance, new wheat sold, by reason
of its splendid condition, at 625. per qr., while a parcel of
old could only command 365. per qr. There are still com-
plaints, however, of a deficiency in the yield.

The illumination of coal mines surely might be accom-
plished by the magnet. The development of its power is
daily increasing, one instance is Herring's magnetic brushes,
&c. Dr. Hassall remarts, " I regard them as the most per-
fect brushes hitherto made, as respects their mechanical
construction, and their magnetical action." They are the
remedy for grey hair, neuralgia, rheumatism, &c. N.B. -
Counterfeits are being made. Offices, 32, Bai.inghall-street,
London.
[ADVERTISEMENT.I—HoIIoway's Pills and Ointment.—
Cherish Hope.—Let no sufferer despair of cure till a fair
trial has been given to these medicaments. Marvellous
cures are constantly reported of
i invalids being restored to
health when all hope had long since -vanished. All com-
plaints of the chest, all irregularities of the heart, all im-
purities of the blood, all derangements of the stomach and
loins are banished by Holloway's preparations. The
Ointment must be well rubbed over the parts affected twice
a day a least, and often in urgent cases The use of this
Ointment, aided by Holloway's Pills, will cure all sores,
ulcers, piles, fistulas, and skin diseases. However, old, or
obstinate to their power, all eventually yield.

Mr. W. D. Gardener's Volunteer, 3 yrs, Bst 41b (E. Sharp) 1
Mr. E. Mill's Lady Derby, 3 yrs, 7st 41b .. (E. Martin) 2
Mr. Fleming's Vulture, 3 yrs, Bst 71b (J. Mann) 3
Betting-5 to 4on Lady Derby, 7to 4 agst Volunteer.
Vulture lay in front for the first quarter of a mile, where
Volunteer and Lady Del by passed him, the former winning
by a !lead; three lengths between the second and third.
Her Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas ; 3-yr-olds, Bst 71b ;
four, 9st 71b ; five and upwards, 9st 121 b. Two miles.
Mr. Spencer's Blue Jacket, aged, 9st 121 b.... (E. Sharp) 1
Captain Lane's Gibraltar, 4 yrs, 9st 71b .... (J. Mann) 2
Mr. Ingham's Prophet, 4 yrs, 9st 71b (S. Rogers) 3
Mr. Godding's Miss Eva c., a yrs, Bst 71b (Perry) 4
Betting-5 to lon Blue Jacket, who waited up to the
distance, from whi,l point he drew away, and won easily
by two lengths ; a bad third.
The Ipswich Nursery Handicap of 5 sovs each, 2 ft to the
fund, with 50 added ; for 2-yr .olds. Three-quarters of
a mile.
Capt. Lane's Ereechiblider Est 111 b (inc 51b ext) (Roper) 1
Count F. de Lagrange's Alba, 7st 41b (H. Grimshaw) 2
Betting-4 to lon Breechloader, who made all the run-
ning, and won in a canter by four lengths.
The County of Suffolk Cup, by subscriptions of 10 sovs
eac Two miles.
Lord Stanirord'stalcibella, 4 yrs, Bst 41b (Edivartis) v. 0.
The Town Stakes of 25 soya, added to a Sweepstakes of
3 sovs each. Three quarters of a mile.
Mr. Brown's Liberality, 2 yrs (X3O), sst 121 b (J. Daley) 1
Mr. Fleming's Vulture, 3 yrs WO), Bst 51b .. (J. Mann) 2
Mr, Land's Bayard, 3 yrs (,Z3O), 7st 71b (Clement) 3
Betting-3 to lon Liberality.

Vulture led to the stand and gave way to Liberality, who
won by half a length; two lengths between the second and
third

The Hunters' Stakes were won by Bitter Beer, beating
Dandy (second) and Cock Robin (third).
The Shrubland Hunters' Stakes at Ipswich.—Bitter
Beer, who came in first for this race on Thursday, has been,
disqualified on the ground that the proper weight was not
brought into the weighing room by the jockey—the owner
having carried the saddle. Vixen, who came in second,
was declared the winner.

BETTING AT MANCHESTER.—FRIDAY.
There was a small commission executed upon Artless at
5 to 1 for the Leamington Stakes, but that price was freely
offered on the field afterwards. This was the only thing we
saw booked for this event.—Fo the St. Leger there was
but little doing, and everything in the front rank seemed
out of favour; 7 to 4 was offered against Kettledrum, and
10 to 1 was laid against Lady Ripon, and taken about Janus;
ultimately 9to 1 was the highest offer agains Lady Ripon
and Kildonan, and 10 to I was offered agst Janus. Brown
Stout was backed to win some money at 25 to 1, and wa
supported as low as 20 to 1, but at the close 20 to 1 was
freely offered. 100 d to 10 was offered against any of Mr.
Merry's lot.

LEAMINGTON STAKES.
sto 1 agst Artless (taken and offered)
6to 1 bar one

ST. LEGER.
7to 4 agst Kettledrum (offered)
2to 1 agst L idy Ripon (offered, take 10 to 1)
9to 1 agst Kildonan (offered)
10 to 1 agst Janus (taken and offered)
12 to 1 agst Aurelian (taken)
20 to 1 agst Brown Stout (taken and offered)
30 to 1 agst The Sage (offered)
33 to 1 agst Imaus (taken and offered)
40 to 1 agst Pagoda (offered)
40 to 1 agst Bombardier (offered)

METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS.

The report of this body has been issued and is of consi-
derable length. As the subjects on which it touches are
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have now to report the completion of three of these works,
viz., the northern—high level sewer, the Acton branch of
the western drainage, and the portion of the southern low
level sewer. It will be remembered that the northern high
level sewer commences at Mansfield-road, near the foot of
Hampstead-hill, and extends to a point near the River
Lea, at Old Ford. The length of sewer in connection
with this work is about eight miles ; the size at Mansfield•
road is 4ft. in iiameter, and at the outlet portion, gift. by
12ft., the fall varying from 1 in 71 to lin 1320. In connection
with these ,tv orks was the formation of the double storm
outlet channel, and part of the northern outfall sewer,
from the River Lea to the divergence of the high and
middle level sewers at Hackney, and the double overflow
chamber for relieving the high and middle level sewers when
overcharged. The completion of these works has accom-
plished two objects—it has afforded the means of diverting
the waters descending from the high grounds of Hampstead
and Highgate, from the Fleet and other sewers, and which,
discharging through the low lying districts into the Thames,
have caused so much nuisance and damage to property by
frequent floodings, and, whilst efecting a general improve-
ment in the local drainage throughout its entire length, it
has also enabled the board to fill up the open Hackney
brook, for so many years a cause of much complaint from
the inhabitants of the localities through which it passed,
and a continual expense in keeping up the campshedding
and clearing the water course. The contract for these works
also included the formation of the retaining wall along the
western bank of the River Lea. In the execution of the
work in connexion with this wall and the outlet portion of
the high level sewer, many local difficulties had to be over-
come ; the substratum, composed of peat saturated with
wattT, was entirely removed, and a solid concrete foundation
formed, and the works being in close contiguity to the river
Lea, and below the bed of that river, cofferdams were con-
structed, and powerful ateam-engines erected, to enable the
contractor to execute sucessfully these important works.
In order to carry on the work it became necessary to divert
temporarily the New River, near Highbury Vale. This
was effected by means of iron pipes. At Old Ford, the
sewer was carried under the North London Railway,
and at the Holloway-road, under the Great Northern
tilway embankment; and in both cases, from the careful
measures adopted, no stoppage of the traffic took place,
although it may be said to be almost continuous and ex-
ceedingly heavy. Another portion of the work calling for
special mention is that part executed under the high lands
lying between Tufnell-park and the Highgate-road, extend-
ing for a length of about half a mile. This portion is of an
average depth of 40 feet below the surface, and was tun-
nelled. The engineer's estimate for the works was £179,086 ;
the contract was taken at £162,430. The second work for
main drainage completed since the date of the last report,
is the Acton branch of the western sewers. This sewer is
about 7,350 feet in length, and the sizes, 4ft. by 2ft. Bin., and
3ft. 9in. by 2ft. 6in., be average depth being about 15 feet
from the surface of the ground, and the fall 4 feet per mile.
It extends from Notting-dale, westward, along the Uxbridge-
road to Acton-bottom, passing through the low and flat
grounds of that locality'. It was designed principally with
the view of intercepting the sewage from the eastern branch
of the main Stamford-)rook sewer, and from the area north-
ward to its point of outfall in the main. Counter's-creek
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with and materially affected the prosecution of the works,
bad weather in 1860 often set in, and at some periods, the
waters from the highar lands came into the trenches and
the completed portions of the works in such large quantities
as to create considerable delay in their progress. The engi-
neer's estimate for the works was £8,500, the contract was
£8,850; and the work was executed for £9,820 lls. 9isl
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water which was unexpectedly met with. A. fault occurs in
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of sand and gravel resting upon the chalk. Pumping en.
gales had to be erected of sufficient power to throw off a
volume of water equal to 8,000 gallons per minute, being

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about double the supply of the Kent Water Company;
from those and other causes, the progress of the works
was much retarded. These difficulties were, however,
eventually overcome, and the work completed at a cost
of about £15,650. The works in course of construction
at the date of the last report, and not yet completed,
are—on the north aide, the Ranelagh storm overflow
and the middle level sewer ; and on the south aide
the southern outfall sewer, southern high level sewer, and
the engines for the Deptford pumping station. The first of
these works, viz,, the Ranelagh overflow sewer, passes
through Hyde-park and Kensington-gardens, between
Knightsbridge and Bayswater; the length is 5,704 feet,
with a fall of 12! feet per mile, and it will be constructed at
depths varying from 11 to 44 feet below the surface, the
sizes being Bft Gin and Oft, barrels. The engineer's estimate
for this work was £24,640, the contract was let for £23,500;
the value of the work executed up to the end of June was
£15,500, and it is expected that the whole will be completed
in the month of November next. The object of this,work
is principally to divert from the Serpentine the overflew
sewage which discharges into that ornamental piece of
water at Bayswater during periods of heavy storms, when
the upland waters are greatly charged with foul and offen•
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the middle level sewer, and will form a storm overflow at
the point of junction with the Ranelagh at Knightsbridge;
and, as it will also afford means of drainage for property
belonging to the Crown, the Government have agreed to
contribute the sum of £2,000 towards the cost of the work.
The middle level sewer, north of the Thames, comprises
the construction of about twelve and one-fifth miles of

sowers, varying in size from 4ft by 2ft Bin to 9 ift by
12ft, at depths varying from 10 feet to 60 feet; the fall
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being more than half the work, will have to be executed
by tunnelling. It will extend from the northern high
level sewer, east of Sir George Dukett's Canal at Old
Ford, to the western arm of the Counter's Creek main
sewer, near Kensal-green. For more than two miles the
sewer will pass under houses and other private property,
and for the remainder of its length through the public streets
and roads, nearly all of which are crowded thoroughfares, and
some of them the most important in the metropolis. The
works were originally contracted for in March, 1860, and
were commenced on the 4th of April following. In conse •
quence of the failure of the contractor, the hoard were com-
pelled to stop the works, after about £12,451 had been
expended, and again to submit the work to public compe-
tition. It was accordingly relet, and the contract is now in
active operation at Old Ford and Bayswater; and from the
arrangements madeby the contractors, the board confidently
anticipate that the works will now progress satisfactorily.
The amount of the contract is £329,800, and the value of
the work executed up to the end of June was £:39,000. The
southern outfall sewer comprises the construction of about
seven miles 2,240 feet of sewer, 111 ft. in diameter, with a
fall of 2 ft. per mile, between Erith Marshes and Deptford,
where it will be connected with the Deptford pumping
station, and after receiving the contents of the high level
sewer at Deptford Creek by gravitation, and those of the
low level sewer through the Deptford pumping engines,
will convey the whole of the southern drainage through
Greenwich, under Woolwich, and across the Erith Marshes
to Halfway Reach, at a point about twelve miles below
London-bridge. The sewage will there he raised by pump-
ing engines into reservoirs, and discharged at the
bottom of the river during the first two hours of ebb tide
only, so that whilst it will there be diluted by about a hun-
dred times greater volume of river water than at present, it
will also be carried by the ebb tide to a point twenty-four
miles below London-bridge. At Woolwich, the sewer has
been constructed by tunnel, for about a mile in length, at
depths varying from 45 ft. to 75 ft. The engineer's estimate
for this work ti as £291,000; the contract price £300,000;
and the amount of work executed up to the end of June was
£174,000. The southern high level sewer comprises the
construction of about 9 miles 2,940 ft. of sewer, and varies in
size from 4 ft. 6 in. by 3 ft. to 10 ft. 6 in. by 10 ft. 6 in., the
fall varying from 53 ft. to 2f ft. per mile. It commences at
High-street, Clapham, and extends to Deptford Creek. The
engineer's estimate was £212,457 ; the contract price,
£217,000. The value of the Work executed up to the end of
June is estimated at £92,000. Since the date of the last
report, the Board have caused to be prepared specifications
and working drawings, and have entered into contracts for
the construction of the northern outfall sewer and the
Deptford pumping station. The first of these works com-
plises about five and a quarter miles 'of double and treble
sewer, nine feet in diameter, and extends from the River
Lea, near Old Ford, to Barking Creek. The extensive cha-
racter of this contract will be apparent, when it is stated that
the whole length of the sewers will be carried in an em-
bankment to be formed of concrete and earth. At the River
Lea, the sewers will be formed of iron tubes, supported by
iron girders, forming a bridge. Tho sewers will cross six
other streams by means of bridges, and will pass under
one and over two lines of railway. The engineer's esti-
mate for the work was £635,000 ; and the contract
has been taken at £625,000. The arrangements made
by the contractor, for laying down a temporary
railway some miles in length, for the employment of loco-
motive engines, and the formation of coffer-dams, &c,, lead
to the expectation that this was the most extensive yet let
of the main drainage works, will be carried on with speed,
and in a satisfactory manner. The amount of work done,
up to the end of July last, was about £39,000. The works
at the Deptford p mping station embrace two contracts ;
one for the pumping-engines, of 500-horse power collec-
tively, with the necessary boilers, pumps, and other ma-
chinery, the engineer's estimate for which was £22,000, and
the contract taken at £22,300. This work, as already stated,
was in progress at the date of the last report, and is now
nearly completed. The ether contract is for the engine and
boiler houses for the above, including furnaces, chimney-
shaft, coal-sheds, &c. ; also for a wharf wall, in front of
the works, next Deptford Creek, and for a few short lengths
of sewers, some of which serve to connect the low level
sewers with the pump-well, and to deliver the sewage, when
lifted, into the outfall sewer, and others to connect the high
level sewer, from Clapham and Dulwich, directly with the
outfall sewer. The engineer's estimate was £115,000, and
the contract was taken at £113,136. The works hitherto
carried out are of a preliminary character. The board have
investigated claims arising out of the purchase of property
required fur main drainage purposes, the aggregate of which
was £66,287 10s. 6d.; but by negotiation that amount has

been reduced to £46,737 25., at which sum thay have been
settled.

VALUE OF WORKS EXECUTED.

The total value of the works executed by the board during
the year ending the 25th March, 1861, amounts to the sum
of £474,582. This includes the laying down of 18 miles

1,830 feet of brick sewers, and three miles 1,090 feet of pipe
sewer, and the cleansing and repairing of about 165 miles of
main sewers, with 167 flaps, penstocks, and outlets into the
River Thames. The works are more particularly described
in the schedule accompanying the engineer's report ap-
pended. Up to the end of June, about 25 miles of main in-
tercepting sewers were completed at a cost of about
£436,000.

of peculiar interest to our metropolitan readers, we give
document in 4.8 entirety, d*,;,. y t however, into
portions, th 2:1 2,, !, which
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several 'a tours
execution • - e—on
northern si• -4,• 711 • level Del
the Acton bran•te th • and the mil
level sewer; and on the s.. the Thames,
southern high level sewer, a .f the southern
level sewer, and the southern outfall sewer. The bol