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lerntnent, having. often information on that subject,
Would heee it to thegm6elves.—(Hear.)
er Sir J. WALMESLEY said he thought the House
itebtlkl be soon in a different position from that in which
• ad ores at the close of the proceedings of that Core-
ellttee. Tye° 1 had
gleh, , letters been received from
eertte 1
R evidence before that Committee, which were
persons
lettersr considered private. and confidential. Those
were from Mr. Wodehouse and Sir J. E. ,
beet .
.;f And both desired that the letters might be published the Honburable
.13itronet was understood). It was
e°atidtiPrtobaejei therefore, they
kr theo report. would appear in the tip-.
ataen:i T• 11ii`CULLAGH vvas.understood to support the
f 411 ea- Re would ask the Noble Lord at the head
, r,t),- the colonial. department, oe any Hon. Gentleman oyd-
51te, whether it was thought that public businesscohl
it;)nucieeently it
if they allowed evidence of that
ei, alluded to to be forced upon a Committee with
th sed
doe to
and then forced,out of that Committee upoen-
ne!Pnblic out of doors to be made the subject of g
• ho'ld oomment?—(Rear.) That evidence might, perhaps, .0
a:Printed next Year; but it would be dangerous s
p.:Le)%for the purposes of party feeling, or prejudicesonto.
41/4174. to forward at present the motion of the H
abaft VILLIPIe •
• tee° time 4 S said thet it was, after some consider-
. 44
weptLe e thtit the private evidence had been
formeriven; and
wit-
rie._ to impeach too testimony of to
o,,i`clef, it would have been most unfair to report that
they nee t° the Rouse•ln the course of the sessionlast. .
gliohati found that they could not go into any investt-
qui. of the affairs of Ceylon, without some local in-
-sq. The difficulty of bringing witnesses here would
th,,altoost insuperable. Looking at the evidence taken
7 Could -
No i
• (lout, celiac) to no honest conclusion upon it. • ,weettinth.ere.a,„
kit thedrhey th:
Lord Torrington.
cogur::rsaet ppourrtt,„inoendofhytheLoervidence which
was also evidence to show that acts had. been
tieletatt4l-itted Which could not be justified. Theninsurrec-
s.A._ll.ltd broleen out shortl after _Lord Tinorrai ton had
"er" cut, and he was Obliged to depend
° eseeter his ands
'
eir. 13/), °inflation tie those around great de-
Illeet •Glell wished to know whether the postponnee-
The " the Gijonpubliemerely temporary?
• ka-t.tglittthat the eewvals as well as that of . the
ite_7oltretalariLids, ought to be a-
hip tiebi er Qeeretaey for the Colonies (Mr. n .
war' ning to
,his....i.Haowne.sF)7aenndd
' ,tiQtl tOol: el,lief (Earl Grey), that whenever anstirraencd-
e‘te ' Place, to cleal with it in a more politic.
c.
ti Perate mane
give any instru
-4, ttrio,
~ werend not to act or
. e Sir j. they fully aware of thefacts of the case.
elictisBii:;". HOGG complained that .so important. a
My f,,_ 11148 that should have been brought on without
, eeM4l motion le •
wk.
eing before
itieePirencit for
.any lionourablet,br,eaeHreouse. It was. fully
44orq 41! IseUsston On that subjo andbeorn the policy
to have intro-
Lord
a good
deli
,s„korrington's government, of Ceylon,
fotrhe hands
eet,til..,ut zidenee on that subject had been
t, :0 41011 Se for a long time,. All the
.evildnence necee-
Ja‘_ i• tits understanding the proclamation ofth the house.
her It bound to say
~11e'f5,ati- several other matters, was before
t. 5 Peel therefore, that th(? lion. Mem-
li felt
Montrose he'id net acted fairly in the course
--Mere • 4' as ;unfair
House—to draw
611 tucked--unfair to 'letembers of that
8b
-4ed
T always to the inldfivmidaunayl
MoD, spa discuss' per notice.
on withoutpro
that Ilrenebers were a of such a debate
.coming on
'4fOile Ve.t aPon the evidence of matters ted, they
printer_a,
i I r-
k% (4
th Prepared to take part in it. The
tztr,....4l4.2th;irlseaareely had been ld before the Hose last
part of it.,, The Committee
er. 44t.„ed for the course 'they had
Ao
be
+out it was
ken
in
n that.ad
perfectly ceimpetent astaa
ought
tittetoe
A,4, Lori te e whether evidence ought or _ in-
k is•tiel°rt?„ that .1-Jouse, and there were repeated
ta''llt du,. w",..ie1l Committees ha I telten upon themselves
tl "' . UI that case two 'members of the Committeeto
' * pPteised their opinion that the evidence ought
Lalte4 thtea, vehile ten members hind expressed theirt_opt.cse.
.§rtx4;44,t it gut not to be printed; and, under h
killiegiz4etnceee he believed the 1-3 ease would yield to the
t th„,,,,"'" the majority. Thet Committee had_ found
. wlii,;' could not separate that portion of the ei
i .11rlr' ."4e!l* was private and confidential from that
, ~..,tt Ath, L
public
leilet -'e't could he fairly considered: of a
14:e r., end they had, therefore, felt compellehd
11e4itartril_e_that the whole of the evidence should e
otteend eel the public for the present. They lead re-
'Ai' eed that her Majesty's Government should direct
1 trate
informal
Nth otlen to the evidence; brat as it was
(4te:ne, Part Of a Coe
to mill the attention of the
tti.4044:,t0 evidence which lied not been laid before
,?Ittyie.lne Noble Lord had le moved that info.rmalioty.
,te (If
them t evidence on the table, and by giving i?
ttvl4,PeAt7etriatioa then tinder their consideration. With
ete reception of the evidence which bore a
6.1144
4anivid en n 6 ti al character, he had to observe that
mired
arena thought that it ought never to have been
trec, aeittetelad it vvas the first ;mug step which the
es ttliee. had taken in that matter that had
a priZetloent errors and embarrassments. lEccividtaenaciel
'4ll had'te ellaraCter Which oug ht never to have been
far got • '
,t. 04, r,,'
neleed up with public
e ctotetii." as in some measure an answer to the latter,
tollte ilt4 lttee
some
that thcould not pubhlisth the
they
44,4 totals° 'been compelled o determine t
1i:11,,,. the publish the other. • Ho readily admitteddteda
'41.1 of tor,(tenee which had been taken I
'V% ie;,al disorganisation theoughont the showed
of
lielc/atietiltel.eh proved that things could DJ-int
whheiaelhlotwh,ee
they
ill le teat e
44111 Itt ti °loony in the condition i
teth„, tid kiLtne etood. The Hon. Member for Mont-
tier 'eh el4ed of the atrocities, the rapine, and th
eklooketdhatnitted in that colonv. But the Hon.
.MemolaVn the 4hare entertained far less vio.lent. opinions
,t)e:krs of thiere.t at the period of the termina"ho'nl(e)fhabd
itesb'::eeti pi.:ion:nzittee, for the ;resolution which
- ''' tee "Pe'seel by the Hone Member had merely
bkt°3l 114;i °T eat that the course' pursued by Lord
good-will
tsetroir: 13ot been calculated to secure the
Lh.leve/trrof the inhabitants of the colony.
wFeorre
nothis
.iite- aler'.l; egg's).
,art he believed that there late.iltlet eillf t'otia.4, Committeerlith: who
.would
martial
yettihaal that the
of th_N °re,— , orrlngton tp, proposing
kill eeecitleceteheusibl_ ,e• and that was the only portion
44)1114m. of the Noble Lord on
He hoped
ltitiottse would
to pronounce any opinion, vv hich he would
eeeie(ll4 0 °414 adopt the amendment,
dation of the
1414,0 enforreity
with the .recommendation whch had been
IS;ekka oft', and that they would not then order the pub-
e itieteeeeivecrhrresPondence which ought never to have
cbt-' tAt'Y the Committee.
ip• ed forte siid that the resolution which he had
LA i. tie ado . w.pt .411 km -`.oPtlOti of the Committee had been drawn.
14kiee11:5 he -es•erte shave in which it had stood. solely
44,4004, 'lli not have hoped to have received their
154. e th t (3,' a ware decided character. He should.E.
1 lot 114- the Itt f Mr. Wodehouse and Sir
Apt 114 e ers o
41 4:4 the Coal wen road without any the
opposition. on
h), e cot, attee. He believed that the production
(ettoaaper,esPoOdenee had already been attended with
h-
l'A 't. ell Tilt effects, for he felt persuaded that wit
ktitrilY ir, ~ e orrinoto...
6 1.1 would never have been removed..
Ak.,,t the ileet session he should bring the subject
(lest 5421(41e° of the Rouse; he should even go fur-
etlieNi toulote a resolution instructing the Attorney-
*l44lo4l4i itPr°ae.otlie Lord Torrtngton. Ile telt, how.-
l'h tO a, di!ita then be uselesa fur him to press his
eii%
lie koti_
ti vueer,.
4 trtio d° v,
o. Was thee withdrawn, and the amendment
41
Oileee
tl'eloolltiB, on We adiohrned at Ralf-past Eight o'clock until
dnesda,
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,34E,NTA.Ry DIVISIONS.

METROPOLITAN COMMISSION

OF SE AVERS.

A monthly general Court of Commissioners was
held on Friday morning at the central office, Greek-
street, Soho, for the purpose of receiving the first por-
tion of the general plan for the drainage of the me-
tropolis, and on general business.
Viscount Ebrington took the chair at twelve
o'clock. Present, Captain Dawson, Mr. Hawes, Mr.
Hardwicke, Mr. E. Lawes, Captain Harness, Mr.
Stephenson, M.P., and Sir J. Burgoyne.
Before entering upon the business of the day the
Court received two deputations, one from the Com-
missioners of Paving, St. James's, Westminster, and
the other from the Metropolitan Sanitary Associa-
tion. The object of these deputations did not trans-
pire.

XXPENSES OF THE COMMISSION.
Viscount ERRINGTON said-The attention of the
Commission has been called to a question put to the
House of Commons as to the cost of management of
the Commission. No opportunity offered itself for
any debate upon the subject, the question was merely
put, and the forms of the House prevented any sub-
sequent discussion. The subject seemed, however, to
the Commissioners deserving of prompt attention, and
an explanatory re port was prepared by the secretary
under the direction of the Commissioners, to be
used when an opportunity offered. The present cost
of management is leis than in 1847 upon the rental
of the property assessed. The cost was formerly
about 6s. 6d., and upon the actual value of property
now under our actual jurisdiction it is 4s. 61., or ra-
ther less, 4s. d. Under the old Commission the
system of bookkeeping was such that nobody could
certify its correctness, but now it is perfectly accu-
rate. A series of bills, dated 1839, are now in the
possession of the Commissioners, and they will suffi-
ciently justify this remark.
Mr. Woonnrcia then read the report as follows :-
" COST OF THE COMMISSION.
" There was an important error in the public reports
cf the proceedings at the Metropolitan-Court of Sewers,
held on the 28th of February, art error which has a
material bearing upon the observations made upon the
general conduct of the business of the Commission. The
item in question is thus described:-
" Payments for books, surveys, management, &e.,
85,346/. 3a. 6d.; and it has been stated, as a not impro-
bable conjecture, that if the charge for " Works" were
included in the item, the expenditure of the year might
amount to 150,0001. It is further intimated that a large
proportion of the expenditure is probably due ta the
heads of management and experiments. The error al-
luded to consists in the use of the word " books" in-
stead cf " works," the item being described in the
accounts presented to the court as "Payments for works,
surveys, management, &c." The total sum expended
during the, year commencing the sth of January; and
ending the 31st of December, 1849, was 85,346/. 38. 0.,
but 69,0681. 13s. Id. represents the expenses incurred
during the period. The sum paid for works during the
period was 50,3u91. 4s. ld., but the amount incurred
under this head was 39,313/. 175. 3d. The ex-
pense incurred for management between the above
dates was 18,442/. 3s. 9d., though the sum ex-
pended in respect of management was 22,400/.
17s. 5d.-the difference being due to the previous year.
But it must be remarked that the sum of 18,442/. 3s. 9d.
includes various items beyond those strictly applicable
to office establishments, surveying, and engineering stiff,
&c. It includes a sum of 361/. 3s. 6d.,:the charge of a
professional accountant, who has remodelled the system
of accounts with reference to the adjustment of the
financial condition of the former separate Commissions,
the organization of a new department for contractors'
accounts, the separate account of twenty-two districts,
and other minute requirements of the New Sewers,
Act, with reference to the audit and Parliamentary
statement. It further includes a sum of 621/. 55.,
the amount of superannuation allowances,compensations,
&c., to officers of the old separate Commissions, the sum
of 1,053/. 6s. 2d. for poundage to rate-collectors, and
copies of the poor-rates, &c., 2441. 143. 6d. for law ex-
penses, obligations for rent, &c., from old Commission.
The change effected by recent enactments in the consti-
tution of the Commission has imposed upon it an
extensive class of new duties, especially with reference
to house drainage and the abatemeutof privatenuisances;
and these, together with measures consequent upon the
cholera last year, occasioned a large expenditure charged
to the head of management; and the expenses occasioned
by the superintendence of sewerage and drainage works
executed at the cost of private individuals is also appli-
cable to the same head. The aggregate rental of the
separate Commissions under the former system was
rather more than 6,000,000/, and the cost of manage-
ment for the eleven months of their existence in theyear
1847 was 21,000/. ls. 7d., being about 6s. 7d. per cent.
The rateable value of the property within the present
active jurisdiction of the Commission is rather over
8,000,000/., and the cost of management, even without
any allowance for the items above Telerredkto, is about
in the ratio of 4s. 6d. per cent. It must be further stated
that the expenditure of the year included 9,082/. 14s. for
contractors' and tradesmen's accounts under the • old
Commissions, and 3,694/. 17s. 5d., interest on loans con- I '
tracted also under the old Commissions.
" Remarks have been made as to the amount of the
liabilities of the Commission, viz. 100,000/., apparently
under the impression that these liabilities have been in-
curred by the Commissions issued since 1847. This
is an entire misconception. Of this amount the
sum of 63,8331. 18s. 7d. is the residue of the old
obligations for the most part of one of the separate
Commissions in respect of loans, annuities, &c., and
contractors accounts applicable to that period.
It also includes the sum of 14,203/. Os._ id. for the
Ordnance, subterranean, and other surveys-works
of general and permanent utility, the expense of which
may equitably be distributed over a series of years.
With the burden of these old obligations, an extended
jurisdiction, and multiplied functions 4" instead of aug-
menting the liabilities of the former Oommissions, those
liabilities have, since December, 18,47, been reduced to
the sum of 9,714/. 16s. 2d., the general deficiency on the
financial position in November, .1847, the date of the
supersedeas,' having been 36,729/. lOsa, and the general
deficiency in December, 18/A9, being 27,014/. 4s. Bd.
Since that period only one hian has been effected, namely,
a sum of 3,000/. for the sr,ecial purposes of a district, on
which a portion of it been expended, and which has
not yet been rated. On the question of the explicitness
and publicity of the accounts of the last year, it may be
observed that the isue,itor appOinted by the Secretary of
State occupied the, entire month of February in a labo-
rious investigati'jn of those accounts; the accounts them-
selves and every voucher containing a full and circum-
stantial account of the expenditure, with the sums appli-
cable to the various heads of works, management, &c.,
were deposited at the principal office for public inspec-
tion for week previous to toe day of audit. Advertise-
ments co that effect and announcing the, day of audit
were inserted in all the daily papers on two consecutive
days, and on the day of the audit it would have been
competent to any ratepayer to appear and demand ex-
planation@ on any item that might seem to require it.
The auditor certified to the fulness, completeness, and
accuracy of the accounts thus in testigated, publicly
audited, and presented in open •Jourt, and expressed
strong commendation of the mode in which they had
been kept."

lite 4
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Jam Nit . • °USE OF LORDS, AUG. 12.
1 44? la fay
co uoit our ofgoing into Committee on the Port-
r4 r
til
4 434'010r
ttil°ll 44.
EARLS. 'BISHOP.
It ttr
Carlisle Norwich
'144,,
Granville
BARONS.
44011 Grey
A shbur ton
144410 cir 444. Leitrim
Campbell
• NA, blink, . Eddisbury
mks Strafford Foley
1411priity
Sudeley
.14otit1414144tijolltlet,Iord Lucas's amendmnnt on the Sum-
kacqoi ireland) Bill :--
t"'o„4
l'ltta. Carlisl:AßLs. Norwich
BARONS.
4 • Grey
t4kki.,• Granville Beaumont
b e,.._ Fingall
Campbell
, ehß.,lllt*4l, Leitrim
De Freyne
..14.144.,
Mato
Duffcrin
Ras St. Germans Eddisbury
ntsuors.
It.tkli. Chichester folpielaiynstone
4,t, ‘4VA ~
till -‘
AK 8 RARE MARKETS.
4 t
hie..4:41., 'keg" -.RISTOL, AUG. 12.
er -4 N- tO4to,tit.--Nre have little change to notice in
done, and
tittij,s% -Nil ''• A small business has been
k, ale 4. eveBt'ereni_itin._eEtatio_nary, 'le i only alterations
~ h,t, A Di IN w la. Shares, 7 7s
mallikk •0 * olklo-1,-Aeg4,;4IVERPOOL, AUG. 12.
tiftilt-.44,3', blit'cl.a.---There was only a moderate.on businessweras
..iii,a;9 71114411/11aea Were firm.
Quarters, s— 38—Ditto,
te
t Po :
4,4- ;;14i4Riel;:As441"44.ilitiao'IntianYtiorNksohritrhe.,.wCToeshnetseotrnlrrInasQteancdti,1
kSit'l'44l 7 1774 —Midland,. 33%
ri. ' telpashire, 1514. —Manchester,
S;4' to-Zqt44 ItlitxGriAm, AUG. 12.
1101.°1111)it)% the share market was
South
444; 4,11 e, 1
ti;!e. (MIS, transactions reported
Western. buyers,
wdeurlel_an d i n -
4:tickcl4eNliil.7.,--Londori and North-
0* . 43te'''' There were few sellers of any descriP"
laarket
ltlll°'lll3l4t.
.14 t,eClibt,4lllopA,
A m gng Of
• ee
rh-, lor• day 44,1 —1)10 I:IOBPITAL.—,, '"' •
Rat was
(14,:, th,'l 4. friends of the Orthopedic Hospital tip,ll)R the Lthe board-robna 6, Bloomsbury
- that
4„,thsu, ' le* •--oaad b he ' •ttee it appears
.(ti it. ,Of if, 'ari, , Yji e commi
has been founded,
ot,Q4 is tt4,,,,00 c„,. watch the hospital
treated—
quare.
kttirt.ei i:E(1,0„,-.ea of orthopmdy have been
4 rib ' NI% ' " Cif that I
'eh t of
• has arge number no fatal cases have
10a la ow 'Nu. there been any instance of permanent
10(p-41,0113: att7 inflicted on the patients. The resent
et .iNe,r(lauxtyll.°ance of the patients.
it appears,. exceeds,
ik:. 1,1,11 aw• tuatituber in regular attendance being
Stri,„ll'lact'Noiies are weekly added, to the number of 30
yy p-me tiit TEtiti„, after stating that a great number of
cases
about
11
ii<refettin cult o'f' adraission, and that many of such case
re
!eat
to the ate, if not dangerous, by delay, concludes
tlloatiel,4 JiffordtTedieal students who have souht the
telit74'l). ci°l. t.le ob. bY the hospital, and the consequentf
4,,',441,0,f tff,,(ll.Btordoehe.,' °I its founders to form a school or
"4(1-°Ll'e,- '4ll th -rla h„,,,,--, as well as an institution for the
41114ihePail, iliglan,,,i!Y• An illustrated appendix is
ZotelZtli .'ar 441 the r,,11%,”1eh Many interesting diagrams are
,l'itifli'4l, eat, ,7;„4.`lve Position of different cases before
~tnt` of tCaing part-7 motance of severe lateral curvature
a`ge tiT,Sohl
cpatient, '9ilarly distinguished, together with a
'ePara7.ll, tltb'e'r obs:tr.lllll?rarenaent six months after reat-
it "w 4. - routin, I,;4`ions having been made relative. to
rati-i!Altyl,' a Itsine.
l'ill'tik 01°Nt V was passed, and the meeting
101.4 Y eht4l(lion s , 'll'lt.Y.--A-t the usual weekly
, LiNh*,44lt,iri,l4 thou,ilrdaY, a re Port recommending that
%%letaiat. '4 thel'el, and leiloklset,Ppineo, &c., at a cost of
liNsae ttory.
char voted for the ercct ion of a glazed..
tißobtll,a°4444alt_presell4rteeliti it was resolved not to enter-
-lot i ..t-Y' . on the previous Saturday, re- .
..'ll% ..Cl'
liter into , a great lodging-house

THE DRAINAGE OF TUE METROPOLIS.
The committee appoint,A by the General Court
to take into consideratio".t the general drainage of
the metropolis, and report thereon, determined to
divide their labours iD'io three distinct portions, or
rather three distinct reports ; the first to consist of
a plan for the drainage of the southern side of the
Thames ; the second to consist of a plan for the
drainage of Westminster; and the third to be a plan
for the general drainage of the metropolis north of
the Thames. The committee determined to take the
drainage of the southern portion first into their con-
siderrition, as its requirements seemed to them to be
more immediately pressing than those of any other
district.
The CHAIRMAN read the report, as follows :
"SURREY DRAINAGE.
" 1, Greek-street, Soho, August 1.
" My Lord and Gentlemen,—ln obedience to instruc-
tions which I had the honour to receive from you on
the Bth ult., I now proceed to furnish a report and esti-
mate for a complete system of drainage for the Surrey
and Kent districts, including extensive alterations in the
inclination of existing sewers. •

" Notwithstanding-the labour and ingenuity displayed
in many of the plans for the drainage of the metropolis
sent in last year—some of which, as you stated in your
report of the Bth of March, dealt ably with the- general
drainage on the north side of the Thames—l have been,
as you are well aware, in laying out the plan of drainage
for the seuth aide, able to derive little or no practical
assistance from any of them, which is to be accounted
for, doubtless, by the necessarily defective data on which
they were based, owing to the imperfect nature of the
information which it was then in the power of the Com-
missioners to supply to their various authors; but I feel it
my duty to acknowledge in the outset the very valuable
assistance I have received from plans and suggestions
prepared, after consulting the block plans and subter-
ranean surveys, by a member of your Hon. Commission,
who kindly placed them in my hands during the prepa-
ration of the plan I have now the honour to submit.
"In drawing up this report I have, under your in-
structions, adopted the following principles for my guid-
ance:-1. To keep the river Thames free from sewage
at all times of the tide from Woolwich-reach upwards.
"2. To abolish all open ditches and cesspools, as well
as defective, shallow or high level sewers.
" 3. To maintain a continual and unintermitting flow,
with the aid of lifts where necessary, in all the sewers
along their whole length, by which the evils arising from
pent-up sewage—viz, the generation of noxious gases
and the unavoidable formation of deposit in the sewer
during its stagnation—may be avoided.
" 4. To construct the sewers at inclinations so pro-
portioned to the volume of fluid to be carried off by each
that the velocity of the current shall keep,th. em clear of
deposit without the need of regular periodical flushing,
which experience has shown to be not only troublesome
and expensive in its operation, but also very injurious to
the sewers and drains in which it is practised.
" 5. To form the main sewers at such a depth as not
only to receive the drainage of the deepest existing
sewers, but to answer the purpose of main drains
capable of extension towards the extremities of the
district.

"6. To provide a natural escape by the power of
gravity alone for storm waters and land floods, indepen-
dent of the ordinary sewers, whose contents will on the
south side of the TFlaluEs require artificially lifting, Dud

uonitruct the Lew sewers of such sizes oniy n'• Lolly
be sufficient to take the geuerai drtsiouge of the district,
including ordinary rain falls, connecting them at abqut
mean low water, with outlets for heavy floods;

".7. To follow existing public streets, roads, or paths,
so as to avoid heavy compensation for injury to private
property, whenever this can be done without causing
injurious curves or undue prolongation of the sewers
and consequent loss of level.
"d. To extend the ramifications of the sewers after
the main lines are completed into all the streets at such
depths and with such inclinations as to give perfect self-
cleansing street-drainage, and the opportunity for effi-
cient house drainage.
" The fellovving is a general outline c f the means pro-
posed to effect the objects above named:—
"I beg to recommend the top of Woolwich-reach as
the point for delivering the sewage into the river, because
I believe that the matter 'so delivered at and after high
water, and in the centre, and at the bottom of the stream
will not rise to the surface, so as to inconvenience the
inhabitants of Woolwich. If, however, it should be
deemed expedient, either for agricultural purposes or for
any ether reason, to convey the sewage below Woolwich
to some point near Erich before its delivery into the
Thames, it may be effected by means of iron pipes
across the marshes and through Woolwich, to be supplied
by an engine and stand-pipe erected at or near the
Woolwich-road, near Greenwich-gate.
" Commencing with the outlet at a point eight miles
below London-bridge, it is proposed to form a double
reservoir, capable of holding at least twenty-four hours'
drainage, covered over, and elevated to such a height as
to discharge the whole of its contents at high water, de-
livering them by means of pipes near the middle and at
the bottom of the river. The sewage will be lifted
into the reservoir at this point (by means of an engine)
from the main sewer, the invert of which is supposed
to be at about mean low water, and ten feet below the
surface of the marshes.
" Hence the course of the main sewer will be across
Greenwich-marshes, along Woolwich Lower-road, Tra-
fatgar-road, and Roan-street, to the Ravensbourne
(where there is proposed to be a lift not exceeding
twenty-five feet) lasses under the River Raveneboutne
past the corner of the Trinity Almshouses, crossing
Union-street and Bridge-row or Collier-street.
" This lift and shaft I propose to place completely
under cover, and to connect with the chimney of the
smoke-consuming furnace of the engine all the passages
from which any gases could escape from the sewer, and
I feel perfectly confident that with these precautions the
possibility of any annoyance being caused to the neigh-
bourhood may be obviated.
"I mentioned above that it was not proposed that the
engines should have to raise all the storm waters or
land floods; these will be provided for in extraordinary
cases by the four existing outlets—viz, the Effra, the
Earl, the Duffield, and St. John sewers, and by means of
reservoirs and a diversion of the upper part of the Elka
to keep the low-lying and thickly-inhabited part of the
district free from floods.
"From Collier-street a line which may be called the
`southern main line' diverges: the northern main line'
passing along the Lower Deptford-road to the crossing
of the Earl sewer, from which point it strikes into a
north-westerly direction, and in a straight line towards
SteJames's church, Bermondsey, thence along Prospect-
place to Doekhead, and thence to Gainsford-street and
Tooley-street, where it unites with the great St. John's
sewer, with which are connected the Battle-bridge and
its various branches; the inclination of the new sewer
for • the whole distance being at an average rate of about
44 feet per mile, somewhat less near the point of dis-
charge, somewhat more el course as the volume of fluid
diminishes at each successive ramification of the sewers.
"Returning to the diverging point at Deptford, the
course of the southern main line' will be by Loving
Edward'g-lane nearly in a straight line with Old Kent-
road at Hetchure, along the Old Kent-road to Surrey
Canal. bridge., which is at the point of divergence of
au intermediate main line to be afterwards described;
the southern main line will proceed by Neat-street and
Albeny-road, in a straight line across to St. Mark's-
road, and by Camberwell New-road to St. Mark's church,
Kennington. Here it will pass under the Effra sewer,
and by a connexion therewith will receive its ordinary
run of drainage; the floods of the Effra being provided
for by a relief line about 1,200 yards long, passing along
the Oval and Harleyford.street to Vauxhall-creek--the
present open and most effensive portion of the Effra
from Kennington-road ,to Vauxhall being filled up
and abslishel
The level of the southern main line at. St. Mark's
church would be about 1.0, or nearly 7 feet below the
deepest sewer existing there at present, and will afford
unexceptionable drainage for Stockwell and Clapham,
Balhaoa-hill, and the whole district lying between Brix-
ton road and Wandsworth-road.
" The course of the intermediate line,' diverging at
the Surrey Canal-bridge, proceeds along the Old Kent.
road to the Bricklayers' Arms, where it will divide; one
arm passes arensg the New li:ent-road to the Elephant
and Castle, where it will receive ,the drainage of the
Walworth and Kennington-roads and a portion of
LOndon-road and St. George's-road.
"The other more northern, arm of this intermediate
sewer proceeds from the Bricklayers' Arms along part
of the Dover-road wed Trinity-street, crosses Blackman-
street, continuing along Great. Suffolk street, across
Southwark-bridge-road, along Suffolk'. street, across the
end of Gravel-lane, through Nelson-square, to Rowland
Hill's chapel,. at which point its level will be 0.40, being
about 1 foot 2 inches below the Battle-bridge sewer.
This immediate main line will be 21 miles in length
from the Surrey canal-bridge to Rowland Hill's chapel
—one half of it through streets at present without deep
sewers, and one half along the line of an existing deep
sewer, for which it will form a substitute, and the more
southern arm passing up to and dividing at the Elephant
and Castle, about one mile in length, along the lines of
existing sewers. The inclination of the proposed new lines
varying at the different parts of the sewer, according to
the branches received on the principle above mentioned.
" Consequent upon this intermediate main line being
carried into the middle of the populous districts will be
an alteration of the levels of above six miles of existing
sewers in the following' streets, viz.:—New-cut, Corn-
wall-road, Waterloo-road, Borough-road, Newington-
causeway, Westminster- bridge-road, Lambeth-road,
Westminster-road, parts of London-road, and St.
Geerge's-road. This will involve, in addition, much
alteration in secondary drains and in house drainage;
and I cannot quit this part of the subject without again
suggesting to the Commissioners the expediency of
watching and testing the working of the present main
drains as soon as the main sewers are sufficiently com-
pleted to do so, before they proceed to the extensive alte-
rations in the existing sewers which the contemplated in-
terference with them will involve.
" I beg now to lay before you my estimate of the cost
of draining the district according to the system above
described; but before doing this I would observe that in
drawing up this report and these estimates I have thought
it desirable to put down the outside amount of lift, of
depth of drains, &c., in order that if there be any error
it may be on the right side. In this estimate I have
neither included compensation for passing through or
under private property, which, however, from the lines
adopted is accordance with the principle you laid down,
will be Comparatively trifling, nor the cost of the detailed
drainage, to estimate which will be a work of much time
and lengthened inquiry. In any care this will involve a
considerable outlay, but as it is depeudent on the settle=
ment and partial completion of the main drainage, it
would have been premature to go into it here; neither
have I taken into account the cost of extending the
system of drainage into the suburban districts—a provi-
sion which it becomes daily more imperative to make.
" Estimates of cost of system above described.
Miles. Fur. Cost.

The sewers now empty themselves into the Thames
at various levels, and when the tide rises above the
orifices of those sewers, of course the whole drainage
of the district is stopped until the tide recedes again;
thus the whole system of sewers in that locality may
be said to be but an articulation of cesspools. The
Commission commehced the consideration of this
subject with a sincere desire to accomplish the drain
age by natural means, if possible; but it soon became
apparent that these -sewers, which were subjected for
eight hours out of the twelve to a state of stagnation,
acquired a settlement of solid matter-which required
even a more extensive system of flushing than that
which we now possess.
It has been proved by the
last few years that even flushing, under such circum-
stances, is not efficient, and the tendencies in these.
sewers to form a concrete of hard substances is such
as to any current of water, however raid and
constant, quite ineffectual. Under these circum-
stances it became apparent that the Commission must
resort to artificial means of drainage, and pumping
by steam appeared to be the most economical and the
most efficient plan. Mr. Forster therefore proposed
the establishment of a steam-engine, at the Ravens-
bourne, to lift the whole of the sewage of the district
to a height of 20ft., and by that means a current
would be established so as to maintain througheut the
whole day, without cessation, a constant flow, and the
solid matter which now forms the subject of coaliplaint
would be carried off. The expense of pumping may
at first appear to be very great. I thought so inyself
at the 'commencement ; but when it, was repofted to
me, by the officers of the commission, that the cost
of flushing and the cost of removing this solid Matter
how concreted at the bottom of the sewers would be
very great, and that the cost of pumping up the,whole
of the sewage matter would cost less
money, I thought
that the systeM of
PumPieg, as applied to the south
side of, the Thames, appeared to be entirely withoutobjection. I will not now go into the details Of the
works, as Mr. Forster has already explained them ;
and I shall move that Mr. Forster's report he adopted,
and that the works therein recommended be curried
out forthwith.
Sir JouN BURGOYNE said—After the cle4 and
full statement made by Mr.
Stephenson, it is not ne-
cessary for me to go into any of the matters or detailsconnected with this report, as it would only lead to
confusion. It is, however, satisfactory to knout that,
after the consideration given to these general princi-
ples laid down in Mr. Forster's report, the Commis-
sioners are unanimous in adopting them ; and; that,
with regard to details, there is no difference of opi-
nion amongst us. I think that no dissatisfactioh can
be expressed by the public at the system which we
propose to adopt ; and I am glad to have an, opportu-
nity of expressing my own full concurrence in the re-
port which has just been read.
The CHAIRMAN—The Court has at last succeeded
in conning to a satisfactory solution of this very diffi-
cult question, and I was never more rejoiced than I
am now to find that we have substantially brought it
to a conclusion. I must remind the Court, however,
of clause 17 in our Act, which provides that no law
shall be considered formally enacted by any Court
unless notice is given of it previously. I think, there-
fore, that we had better consider this day's proceed-
ings merely as, the required notice, and formally
adopt this report at a future special Court.
This was agreed to without remark.
Mr. lIAwEs said, in reference to the prompt execs'•
tion of these works, we are now in treaty with seve-
ral persons for the loan of sufficient money to carry
them out. We shall require about 500,000/., to be
repaid in thirty years by thirty instalments, principal
and interest. The expense so divided: will amount to
about 2d. in the pound.
Viscount EBRINGTON—That depends upon the
terms which are made ; but the charge will be about
2d. or 3d. in the pound ;' it will be stated in the
yearly expenses.

- A -GENTLEMAN in court asked whether it was com-
pulsory upon landlords to drain into these sewers
when they were formed ? Were the powers of the
Act sufficient to compel them ?
Mr. fhwEs—Every house within 100 feet of a
sewer must drain into it, and we shall take care to
have a sewer within 100 feet of every house.
After receiving the estimates for soMe works of
minor importance, the Court adjourned.

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.
TIMES.—The Metropolitan Commissioners of Sewers
have at length published a practical scheme for the im-
ui
Thise d i a
pt el a
ndrainageeoafd tihno
open
poeunt hern
court s iodne
Fridayof t h e
last,T ha mweas
a.
virtually adopted by acclamation, and remitted to a
future day for the more formal sanction required by law.
It was, moreover, announced that " the Commissioners
were unanimous" in their approval of the scheme, and
that even " in regard to details" there was " no differ-
ence of opinion amongst them." The chairman gave a
still more emphatic utterance to the sentiments of the
Court, for ho described the "solution" of the great
problem as " satisfactory," and expressed his extraordi-
nary gratification at the " conclusion" to which the
" very difficult question" of metropolitan drainage had
been thus substantially. brought. The scheme
which has wrought these miraculous effects is the
immediate production of Mr. Frank Forster. Its
pupgol
irot
uu- t
ty of u
tracking
details were reported at full length in our paper
of Saturday,
atuhroo
opportu-
nity y, .and
tthehe curiousprep
es readerproposed
ssewerage
ehr
aagde d
the whole 13 miles of its extent. We shall not engage
ourselves to any such performance on the -present occa-
sion, but shall confine our notice to the general prinei-
pies of drainage which have been thus conspicuously
sanctioned, and the' claims put forth by the Commission-
ers to the acknowledgments and sympathies of the pub-
lic. The first of the principles laid down by the Com-
missioners fur the guidance of their engineer, and by
him adopted in the construction of his scheme, was the
purification of the river Thames. The stream was to be
kept " free from sewage, at all times .of the tide, from
Woolwich-reach upwards." On this point the instruc-
tions, according to Mr. Forster's report, were absolute
and unconditional. The Thames was to be drained, ;and
the top of Woolwich•reach has been selected as the point
for delivering the sewage, only upon the express assump-
tion that under the projected arrangement no inconve-
nience will be created even to the inhabitants of that
town. We abstain from inquiring into the protabilities
of this conclusion, our present concern being limited to
the professed. declarations of the Commissioners and
their engineer. A-distance of eight miles below London-
bridge being taken; a double reservoir is to be'formed of
a capacity sufficient to hold at least 24 hours' drainage,
e
into which the i.ewage is to be first lifted by means of an
engine, and thence discharged through the agency of
pipes into the middle of the river and at its' bottom, at '
certain periods of the tide. Thus we have the following
leading
principles of
the scheme:—an absolute diversion
of the sewage matter from the river Thames, and the
conveyance of- the same by
means of trunk drains to a
reservoir at some distance on the banks of the stream,
A here it is to be stored for disposal. At present, ae we
have shown, it is contemplated to discharge the accumu-
lation every 24 hours, but provision is made for a dif-
ferent arrangement, and in case it should be'thought ex-
pedient " either for agricultural purposes or for any other
reason" to avoid the proposed discharge's.; Woolwich-
reach, the sewage, we are told, can be conveyed by iron
pipes across the marshes to " some point near Erith:"
In other words, it is now avowed by the Commissioners
that the sewage of London can be carried clean, away
from the Thames by large drains, that it eau
be collected in a distant, reservoir, and that
if even at a point eight miles below Londensbridge 'its
discharge into the Thames at high water only should be
found productive of inconvenience, or if the deposit
should prove available
,for agricultural requirements, it
can be transferred elsewhere for storage and use. In
securing these conditions no difficulty whatever is made,
and the estimated cost, under the present arrangement,
for upwards of 13 miles of sewerage, all apparatus in-
cluded,. is 241,2971. We need not enemerate the minor
partionlars of operation specified in Mr. Prank Forster's
report. What we have said is sufficient to show that
the chief conditions of metropolitan drainage for which
we have so long contended are here , plainly recognized,
and will; as it is alleged, be kept steadily in view
throughout the execution of the scheme. The. Com-
missioners now . prefer . their claims to. • public ac-
knowledgment, as if their proceedings had been
hitherto misunderstood and their inactivity cen-
sured for want of a due comprehetision' of the
duties with which they were charged. " The 'public,"
observes Mr. Stephenson, " must bear in Mind that
the commission has not been more than ten months in
existence, and that many of its members were absolutely
unacquainted With the localities to be drained, or the
.systems of drainage actually existing. " The public,,,
pursued Sir John Burgoyne, " can
express, I think, no
we
dissatisfaction at the system . propose to adopt." Lord
Ebrington wholly concurred mthmeatconeltusion of his
colleagues, and recorded his estimateeatieof the
generals be d .
subject in terms which
Befo which such credit is wperesent haveto a already
transcribed.
minuter
Without descending
scrutiny of the scheme
de-
manded, we may
which they so earnestly
deprecate is not likely to
Commis-
sioners why the dissatisfacbe
exchanged so promptly as
venturetitoonexplain to the
they could wish for a
thankful appreciation of their
efforts. Beyond all doubt, the space of ten months under
the circumstances described by Mr. Stephenson, is no
of metropolitan drainage. Had
the Commissioners inaugurate
approval of a good scheme
inaugurated their transactions last
tion of those instructions which
October by the publication immoderate time to be ocupied in the construction and
acknowledged their obligations and re-
solution of purifying the Thames, they at once
MOS, and of eo disposing
of the sewage that it should _
abe at least rendered harm-
Mr. Frank Forster seems ultimately to have received—
less, and if possible productive, no inhabitant of this
city would have conceivedany
before the production of a
successful plan. What created
ten, or even twenty months, discontent at the lapse of
spirit in which that delay was
simply the delay, but the
dissatisfaction was not
originate. ed to origi • What, in place of
reasonably presumed
now advance, was the first ma-
nifestosuch conditions as they
rs ?
It was a proposal for
discharging themselves of one-half of their duties, fur
they were called upon to super
cede, and for turning the -
perpetuating rho system they
sewage into the Thames more
absolutely than before. These " suggestions " were' at
first disavowed, but were afterwards openly defended
thor in our own columns. The
and advocated by their au
. ample
evidence of inclining
other Commissioners gave They
carefully avoided any
to the same track.
great
question before them, and
I,,st, no opportunity o
discussion of the overtly disparaging the idea that
ined.as well as the city °nets
the Thames could be dra. . .
~ fact that, :
mistaking the that, instead
banks. There was no

Alain trunk drain from outlet in
Greenwich marshes to the left at

... 2 0 £25,887
20,280
27,400

the Ravenshourne..
Reservoirs and outlet pipes
Pumping'engines and apparatus
From the left at the Ravensbourne
to a point near St. James's Church,
Bermondsey, north main line ... 2 5 ... 46,930
Extension of north main line from
•
St. James's Church to the Great
St. John Sewer ... 0 6 ... 8,000
South main line from Collier-street,
Deptford, to St. Mark's Church,
Kennington ... ... 4 0 ... 49,600
Flood line of Effra 0 5 ... 7,200
Intermediate main line from Surrey
Canal-bridge, with northern arm
to Rowland Hill's Chapel ... 2 2 ... 12,000
Southern arm along New Kent-road 1 0 ... 5,000
Alterations of existing sewers to
connect with the intermediate
main line, See. ... 6 0 ~. 32,000
Effra flood line diversion by Peck-
ham

7,000

13 3 £241,297
" I have the honour to remain, my Lord and Gentle•
men, your most obedient servant,

" FRANK FORSTER.
" To the Hon. Metropolitan Commissioners of Sewers."
Mr. STEPHENSON said,—ln moving the adoption of
this report I think it desirable to explain to the Court
a few of the principles which actuated Mr. Forster
in devising the plans which are now upon the table,
and the reasons which guided him in laying them
down. Before commencing the consideration of these
general principles, however, allow me to say, in reply
to some complaints which have been made out of
doors respecting the great delay which has ta.en
place in proposing any general plan for the drainage
of London, that the public must bear in mind that the
Commission has not been more than ten months in
existence, and that some of its members came into it
quite fresh—unacquainted with a great number of
the localities of London, and absolutely unacquainted
with the complicated system of sewage existing, to
the extant of nearly 600 miles. In addition to this,
the underground surveys were in a very incomplete
state, and no one could venture to say what general
plan ought to be pursued at that time, as it was dan-
gerous to commence with any one locality, for fear
of interfering with the ultimate chance of success.
London, however, divides itself naturally into two
districts—north and south, and after the Com-
mission had examined generally the condition
of these two districts they found that Ber-
mondsey, LF.mbeth, and Southwark were infinitely
worse than the north side; to that portion, there-
fore,
they have directed their attention, almost with-
out cessation, during the last few months. I am
glad to see these
view
the plans upon the table of the court,
having in
establishment of a complete and
perfect system of drainage for this district, which
extends over nine squarehi miles,
three of which are
from 6to 7 feet belowhigh- :eater mark. The whole
eight or nine square mites
ivery from two to six feet
under high-"Pater mark.
devise a system of drained. It will be apparent that to
or this 100 ality is a work
of no inconsiderable
difficulty. The locality may be
said to be drained only for four
hours out of the 12,
and during those four hours only ye
ry ,imperfectly.

LONDON,- -TTT-PSDA-Y--- Eir-ENING,---- AUGUST

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

The following promotions and appointments have
taken place, in consequence of the promotion of Mr.
Pinhorn from secretary to commodore: Superintendent
Eden to be store receiver at Woolwich, vice Owen, de-
ceased.
Mr. Edward Thomas Burr, senior second-class clerk
at Woolwich, to be first-class clerk in that establish-
ment, vice Pinhorn.
Mr. William Evans Trafalgar Miller, senior third-
class clerk at Woolwich, to be second-class clerk in that
establishment, vice Burr, promoted.
Mr. Thomas Henry Crouch, senior extra clerk at
Woolwich, to be established third-class clerk, vice Miller.
Mr. Thomson to bo extra clerk at Woolwich, vice
Crouch, established.

These promotions; it will be seen, have all been made
from the establishment in which the vacancy took place.
Mr. Burr was the senior second-class clerk,
,but not the
senior clerk iu the dockyard. Mr. Burr was entered as
extra clerk December 13, 1813, and was ont of the ser-
vice from November, 1822, to January, 1325; was es-
tablished January 21 of the latter year, and was pro-
moted to the second class May 18, 1843; consequently
he has 34i years' service. We believe, however, that
there is a clerk at Wo'ilwich Dockyard who has been an
established clerk f0r.384 years.
The Hon. W. Cowper, M.P., has left the Admiralty,
For Chatsworth, Derbyshire.
APPOINTMENTS.

WOOLWICH, AUG. 12.—Surgeon Edward Heath (1845),
to the Flamer steam .vessel, at Portsmouth.
Second Master Edmund Wilds (1818), to the Retri-
bution steam-f,igate, at Portsmouth.
Midshipmen J. Colquhoun to the Retribution, and
Walter H. H. Grable to the Flamer.

Commander James A. St. Leger (1848) is•expected to
commission. the Flamer steam-vessel at Portsmouth.
The Firefly steam-vessel is also expected to be imme-
diately commissioned at Woolwich.

The Perseus. receiving-ship, Lieutenant-Commander
Greet:was towed down the river on Tsursday from her
moorings opposite the Tower, to be broken up at Dept-
ford, and the Crocodile was towed up on Saturday to be
commissioned that day .by Lieutenant-Commander
Greet, in place of the Perseus. The other officers serv-
ing tounerly in the Perseus ha►e been appointed to the
Crocodile.

The Advice steam-vessel went up the river to-day to
Deptford, having on board two sergeants and 11 privates
of the Woolwich division of Royal Mariner, with four
women and fire children, who were to 'embark in the
Earl of Auckland store-ship for a passage to the Island
of Ascension. The non-commissioned officers and men
are volunteers for service at Ascension.
PORTSMOUTH, AUGUST 12.—The Stromboli steam-
sloop, Commander Lord A. Beauclerk, arrived this morn-
ing, and came into harbour at two P.M., With marines
and marine artillery on board, from Pembroke.
The Inflexible steam-sloop sails this evening, or early
to-morrow morning. _ _

The Victoria arid Albert went out of harbour to
Cowes to-day, the Fairy and Elfin in company.
The. Retribution steam-frigate hoisted the pendant this
morning.

An Kmerican packet arrived at Spithead. this morning
from the eastward.

Wind S.E., light breeze and fine.

BOROUGH OF LAMBETH.

A crowded meeting of the electors of this borough
took place last evening, in the Assembly Room at the
Horns Tavern, Kennington, to receive the farewell
address of Charles Pearson, Esq., upon his recent re-
tirement from Parliament. • ,
On Mr. Pearson entering the room, and proceeding
the platform, he was greeted with he cordial cheers
of the meeting.
Mr. Henry Doulton have been called to the chair,
.. Mr. CHARLES PEARSON said he understood some of
his constituency had expressed astonishment at his
retirement from the representation of the borough,
notwithstanding the explanation of his motives given
in his published address. This expression appeared
to indicate a low estimate of the honour of Members
of Parliament; for it was quite clear that it had be-
come his duty to resign his seat when he felt that
his official avocations as City solicitor would not
permit him, with a due regard to his health,
to retain his seat.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. Pear-
son then read extracts from his first address to
the electors of Lambeth, to prove that he had
pledged himself to take this course if he should find
the effectual discharge of the duties of the two
offices prove more than his health and strength
could sustain. He had found out that fact from
the experience of the last three years, and he had
deemed it. right to resign his commission into the hands
of his constituency, unimpaired by neglect and uusul-
lied by dishonour, rather than leave it either to his con-
stituents. or his clients to make the discovery.—
(Cheers.) He had for more than thirty years been an
advocate for triennial elections. He did not content
himself with moving, or speaking, or voting in its fa-
vour. He had given a practical proof of the sincerity
of his convictions—he had been elected a Member on
the 29th of July, 1847, and on that day three years he
had resigned his seat for the reasons to which he had
before adverted.—(Cheers.) He courted investigation
as to the manner in which he had performed his duties
while in their service. He had endeavoured faithfully,
to represent their sentiments by conscientiously act-
in° upon those . principles of political and religious
liberty which had governed his profession and his con-
duct through life.—(Loud cheers.) It had been said
that he bad not .been a great speaker in the House
of Commons. If by that it was intended. to express
the fact, that he 'had not been a frequent speaker;
(nen lengthy speaker, those who made the observation
were. right, and he claimed credit for not having
imitated bad examples by. inflicting• long speeches
upon his patient and suffering colleagues.—(Cheers.)
Whether he walked a mile or talked a mile, it was
equally easy; but, as he told the electors before they
chose him, he did not intend to become a standard-
bearer of agitation, and he was determined not to
speak upon any of the favourite topics of public dis-
cussion unless he thought himself qualified to commu-
nicate" some information of which the House was not
in possession.—(Hear.) The habit of speaking •at all
times and on all subjects might be gratifying to per-
sonal vanity; but the endless repetitions which formed
the staple of a large portion of the House of Commons'
oratory did bat• serve to obstruct public business
without advancing any one public principle they
proposed to uphold.—(Cheers.)
Mr. Pearson expatiated at some length on his rea-
sons for resigning, which appeared to be satisfactory
to the meeting; after which,
Mr. FREDERICK DOULTON said he thought they
should not separate 'without putting upon record the
sense they entertained of their late representative's
conduct in Parliament. He had, therefore, great
pleasure in moving :—" That this meeting highly ap-
spernetcaiatitvee,thcehhaorineosupraebalresocno,nEdu6qct.,
who,of theirw h lea teen
jroeypiroeg-
the full -confidence of his constituents, resigned into
their hands the trust they had reposed in him, when
ho felt himself unable, from ill-health, to continue to
dischargehe
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BAR.
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its
TRUbI, was carried unanimously, amid loud cheering."
record its grateful thanks to Mr. Pearson
afnodr his able
resolution duties
having s a t
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until thatth they
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have been crowned with success;'
seconded the
Mr. WILLIAM JOHNSON cordially
motion, which was unanimously adopted; and the
meeting soon after separated.

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of inquiring how the river could be cleansed, they were LITE RAT URE.
inquiring how to dispossess the public of the notion that P.ETTICOAT GOVERNMENT A Novel.
the river wanted cleansiag. Instead of resolutely at-
A the s ; ys,, although not to so great a degree, Trollope. 3 Vols.
tempting to solve the problem, their first endeavours
were to change it. They deliberately misconceived their
duties, and amused themselves with questioning the as in her last work, we find Mrs. Trollope too much
wishes of the ratepayers when they ought to have been al icted
doing their best to satisfy thew. They were not insti- but agai to making " much 'ado about nothing,"
n, as in all that emanates from her hand,
toted to combat the opinion which revolted at We find it impossible to resist that agreeable fascina-
a huge tidal sewer in the heart of the City, and yet tion which lures the reader on feorn page to page
they conducted themselves for months as if such
.until the last volume is completed, a fascination of
had been their sole and express vocation. That manner thlt invests with a certain degree of attrac-
they have been at length reclaimed to sounder ten- tion Ecidenth the most trivial and individuels the,
timents may be true, but the 'resolution is not most ordinary. "Petticoat Government" may almost
quite so laudable as they seem to presume. his be styled, like " Vanity Fair," a novel without a
impossible to forget that they depreciated, more or hero ; for, although Mr. Frederic Dorking and Mr.
less 'openly, as long as they were able, almost every
man of
brthington, the man of fashion and genius,the very attractively sketched, and ad-
principle which they now adopt, and that the decision
Charles
lor which they now take credit must needs be the result
arle W
either of tardy enlightenment or irresistible compulsion, nurably contrasted with each
.other, do figure
It may be raid, perhaps, that good sense no less than in the pages ; and although a certain Dr.
generosity, suggests the acceptance of these amends ins
affords Mrs. Trollope an opportunity
of
without any more altercation, and that if London is at indulging in a little quiet satire; but this time the length by common consent to be well drained, the dis- satire is so quiet, and the Doctor is so delightfully
pates engendered by the process may be prudently good-natured, that we are not disposed to quartrel
dropped. We have no objection to such a course, much either with him or his biographer,—although,
but we would desire the reader to observe the as we have said, these three worth do ar.
effects of public discussion oa this most important y g
pear in the course " Petticoat Government," the
problem. Had it not been for this salutary
ladies have decidedly the advantage—their doings are,
check on the doings of a clique the metropolitan .
in fact, the subject matter of the hook. In a cathedral
population would at this time last year have been
absolutely at the mercy of a domineering influence town, to which Mrs. Trollope has been pleased to
which had prepared itself for substantial manifssta- give the name of Westhampton, chiefly because, as
tion, in the form of sumps," or cesspools, at every man's she tells us, she knows of no town of that name,
door. " These inveterate jobbers were at length dis- there had resided for years a most respectable family
banded, with what justice may be collected from Mr, of the name of Jenkyns. Of this family, at the
Stephenson's present plea, that the existing Commis- opening of the tale, we are introduced to two most
sion, atter the two years' prelude of its predecessor, had interesting specimens, Miss Barbara Jenkyns and
never be
actually
fore beenme'ntrustd
ed to mortal mane to comence e nova, as if th probl
ain, theem ha Miss Elfreda Jenkyns. While their two beautiful
. Agd
sisters had long since left the paternal roof, Penelope
whole question, but for the same check, would hew) been
quietly shirked, and instead of the present proposal toelopedn drawing-master and
having with the
wealthy husband,
cleanse our river and sweeten our dwelling-houses, we Judith residing in India with her
should have had the whole scheme of tidal sewerage per- bliss Barbara and Miss Elfreda had devoted them-
petuatei and the purification of the Thames represented selves to intellectual pursuits, the elder still retaining
as a chimerical idea which none but contractors or the family house at Westhampton, and the more am-
visionaries could ever have seriously entertained. bitious Miss Elfreda endeavouring to obtain an en-
trance into fashionable society in London. So we
find them when information arrives of the death of
the sister iu India, and that her orphan daughter
Judith, a rich heiress'and a ward in Chancery, is on
her way to England, to reside during a few years
'with her maternal aunts, the choice of residence being
wisely left in the young lady's hands. Now it is
that the history begins in, earnest. Each aunt is
naturally anxious to be the guardian of the
young heiress, Barbara, because of the pleasant
addition to her income, which is likely to accompany
a Chancery ward, and Elfreda, in addition to
this reason, counting upon the, fashionable visi-
tors with which such a guest could not fail to make
her acquainted. Such is the groundwork of the first
portion of the tale. The inanceuvering and out-
manteuvering of the two most intelligent, but not
most agreeable ladies, is described as Mrs. Trollope
can so well describe such 'scenes, with a simplicity
that renders the description most natural, • but also
with a quiet humour that renders it irresistibly en-
tertaining. One point of dispute, exists between the
amiable but withal wilful Judith and her aunts. The
young orphan, in compliance with her mother's
dying wish, is most anxious to discover
her aunt Penelope, who on her marriage with the
drawing-master d been abandoned by her family.
This aunt, a widow in extreme poverty, .with her son
Charles, a promising artist, is ultimately discovered
by the persevering heiress through the instrumentality
of a picture in the National Gallery. At the time of
this fortunate discovery the beautiful and wealthy
Judith is engaged to Mr. Frederick Dorking, the
man of fashion. This part of the tale might have bad
for its motto the saying which so vividly impressed
David Copperfield, " there can be no disparity in
marriege like unsuitability of mind and purpose."
Upon the unhappiness which is likely to be the conse-
quence of an union between two persons," sine of whom
has. been brought up in the habits of what is called
fashionable life, and the other with habits' that have
nothing to do with fashion at all," the authoress of
" Petticoat Government " takes occasion to dilate
very forcefully and feelingly. The example she has
eiven is an admirable corroboration of her remarks.
Frederic Dorking is so gracefully 'and agreeably
portrayed, that no young lady who reads her story
cars marvel at Judith's choice, and yet very few will
read on to the end of the chapter arid hesitate to ad-
mit that the disparity in tastes and feelings between
the two fiances, augured little for the happiness of
their domestic life. Without betraying too much we
cannot follow the fair Judith further. The
scenes and characters described in the course of
the three volumes are of a class in the description of
which Mrs. Trollope invariably excels. In por-
traying the faults and follies of the ridiculous Miss
Barbers, or the fashionable Mrs. Dorking, her humo-
rous and satirical pen is equally happy. While af-
fording an abundance of entertaining matter,
"Petticoat Government," is not without more im-
portant and desirable attractions. The scene in the
artist's painting-room, where Judith sees her cousin,
whose high genius she appreciates and admires,
treated with contemptuous neglect by her fashionable
friends,.and the consequences of that scene to the
noble- hearted and high-spirited girl, are sufficient to
recommend the book to all who can sympathise with
its writer's admirable and audacious discrimination
between genuine gold and glittering tinsel.

CRICKET.

LEAMINGTON.

THUNDERSTORMS :)‘;
The metripolis and its vicinity was visiteryesterday
by a very singular thander-storrn. About a quarter-past
ten o'clock the thick splashing tr2pS In licativo of a
thunder-storm fell in wid-CireefstiCes, but
tuatitibiequently
melted away into tier rani. At twelve o'clock- it
set in decidedly wet, as if for the day, the rain falling
uninterruptedly until about -two, when the " hig rain"
which came " dancing tloWn to earth," and fallipg or. the
adjoining buildings Lb z cataract, in a very few minutes
flooded nil the principal avenues and nearly choked up
all the drains. The eloi.ds at the time weresheavy and
leaden, but did not appear as if surcharged with electric
matter. In a few minutes, however, the approaching
`.. shock of elements" becanie obvious; the clouds sailed
heavily in opposite directions,. one vivid fissh of blinding
lightning shot out, closely followed by a ciashing peal,
which echoed through the buildings, end the rain came
down as if threatening a second deluge, whilst the thun-
der pealed at intervals, seerning to take a circular direc-
tion around the metropolis. In about hall-an-hour the
blue ,Ity showed in the east, whilst all to the west was
thick and murky. About four o'clock, after several at-
tempts at re-union, and some heavy showers eastwards,
the clouds in the east were completely dispersed, and the
rich moist foliage,was glittering itt-stilifKii6,7sileilst the
heavy wing of the departing storm stilt shad Owed the
west, and the thunder muttered frequently- in "the dis-
tance, At six o'clock all,these uppearances passed away,
and the evening was comparatively essleaned beautiful.
DRFADFUL THUNDERSTORM, AND Loss OF LIFIL-011
Thursday evening this town was visited :by a most aw-
ful storm of thunder and lightning, accompanied by
henvyrain. The flashes of lightning were remarkably
vivid, and created much alarm among many of the in-
habitants. Unfortunately, the .term did not peas over
without loss of life; a little boy, named William Lam-
bert, aged twelve years, son of Daniel Lambert, 'delver,
Upper-lane, Northovrrani, having been struck dead by
lightning. It appears that about a quarter past eight
o'clock in the evening, the mother of the little lad was
sittiere in the bouseenearthe fire, &Ceased being sat in
a chair near the out wall and the wall cf the adjoining
house; a little girl, being sat at a -eshorte distance from
im and close to the chimney. The door of the house

was thrown open, and also a window 'tap stairs. A little
above the head of the deceased a pair of tongs were hung
upon the wall, as customary in many cottage houses.
The thunder at this time was loud and terrific, and the
vivid flashes ot lightning succeeded each other in rapid
succession, until at length there came one brighter
than the rest, and which rendered the lekietter of
the deceased insensible for some moments. 144 con-
sciousness returning, the little girl screamedenat," Mo-
ther! Willey's dead." The distracted mother reit towards
her child, who sat motionless in his little chair, with his
head upon his breast and his arms hanging by his side.
She spoke to him, but he answered not; and calling in
her neighbours, the little fellow who, but a moment or
two before was full of life and vigour, was found to be a
corpse. Not, a single mark was found upon -his body,
excepting a very slight discolouration of the chest. A
few yards above where he was sitting, the plaster was
knocked eff the wall to the extent of about twelve inches
in length and one in breadth; and the middle nob ot the
ornamental work at the head of the cluck, which stood
in the opposite corner of the house, was knocked off.
There was also a rent in the floor above the clock, and
the posts of the bed were found to be slightly damaged.
In the bed-room, a small piece of plaster was also
taken out of the wall above the fire-place, but neither
the tongs before alluded to, nor the fender or fire-
irons, had apparently been moved. It would appear
that the lightning had descended the chimney,
through the room floor above the clock, and,
being attracted by the tongs on the other corner
of the house, expended itself upon the .unfortunate
child sitting beneath. The house itself stands in a some•
what prominent situation on the hill. An inquest was
held upon' the body yesterday afternoon, hefore G.
Dyson, Esq., coroner, at the Shoulder of Mutton Inn,
when a verdict of "Accidental Death" was returned. We
have heard of no other accident arising from this tre-
mendous thunder-sten:cr.—Heti/ex Guardian.
THUNDER STORM.—Ou Thursday evening last, about
six o'clock, a storm of thunder, accompanied with, vivid
flashes of lighting, visited Holmfirth. T'ne lightning
was avvfully grand; flash aft -r flash following each other
in rapid succession. The storm continued for upwards
ef an hour. We have not heard of any damage being
done in the neighbourhood.—Halifax Guardian.
A fearful thunder storm has passed over Cheltenham
this afternoon, such as, for the vehemence of the rain.
and the vivid brightness of two or three of its flashes of
l'ghtning, we, have certainly never seen exceeded.. For
the spaco of full twenty minutes the rain descended in a
perfect deluge, and completely flooded many of our
streets, rendering several of them quite impassable. The
thunder was less violent than that eif the storm which
visited us about three weeks ago, but in other respects
the storm differed but little from the one in question.--
Cheltenham Chronicle of August 8:

AQUATICS.
THE WESTMINSTER SCHOOL SILVER
CHALLENGE SCULLS.
Tho very interesting aquatic contest for the possession
cf the Westminister scholars' silver challenge sculls took
place yesterday evening, from Putney to Vauxhall-
bridge. These symbols cf aquatic superiority were pre-
sented in 18'44, by Messrs Colquhoun and Bu3ton, to
promote the healthful and scientific pastime of sculling;
and the various gallant conte,ta since that period have
been looked forward to with pleasure by the admirers of
this manly exercise. By the conditions under which
they were given, the challengers contend together, and
the winner on a subsequent day has to try his
prowess against the holdbr (the successful candi-
date of the previous season). There were four gewle-
men desirous this season of entering. tbe...lists,--Messrs.
Barnes, Q.S., Herne, Q.S., Milman TA., and 'Stewart,
; but owing to the very unfavourable state of
the weather on the day 'appointed for the challengers
race a fortnight ago, the party did not deem it advisable
to get afloat, and Mr. Barnes alone rowocl,the course in
order to entitle him to eontend yesterday against Mr.
Wright, the holder. At about a quarter to seven last
evening both were at their stations at Putney Midge,
Mr. Stewart, a former winner of the sculls, officiating as
umpire in the Westminster eight. The start was taken
very evenly, immediately after which Mr. Wright'took
a slight lead, his opponent continuing for a considerable
distance with the nose of his boat nearly. upon his ad-
versary's quart?rs. A very beautiful race continued
down to Wandsworth, where, the water_ being a little
" lumpy," Mr. Wright drew away, and ultimately went
some distance in advance, winning easily. Mr. Barnes
suffered under the disadvantage of rowing in a boat to
which he was unaccustomed, owing to some accident
having befallen his own. Mr. Wright rowed the dis-
tatic,,. in 31 minutes, which, considering the state of the
weather, was cwital work.
BLACKWALL REGATTA.
Not withstanding the very unfavourable state of the
weather yesterday, there was a vast assemblage of spec-
tators to witness the announced contest at this place.
After a very severe hail storm of considerable duration,
the weather cleared up, and the close of the evening was
very fine.- Tho regatta, which included All Saints,
Poplar, as well as 131ackwall. was in commemoration of
the first meeting at Blacitwall for the tstablishment of
that invaluable institution, the Watermen's and Lighter-
men's Asylum; and the awards of victory were a new
boat for the first man, and about 15/. to be divided in
fair proportions amongst the others, commencing with
5/. lor the second man. The race was with six teallars
in five heats.

First Heat—ll. Cory, (Green) 1; George Atkins,
(yellow) 0; R. Dent, (light blue), 0. The heat was
btarted from Blackwall-stairs to the Folly-house, and
East India-dock buoy, twice round, and finish at the
stairs. Green took the lead, and although his opponents
held way with him for a short distance, they were soon
completely tailed, the leading man going in first by up•
wards cf fourteen lengths.
Second Heat—J. Welland (red), 1; Charles Press-
man (pink), 0; D.R.Nowland (dark blue), 0. They were
off even, and then pink took the lead, which he laboured
bard but unsuccessfully to maintain. Red soon chal-
lenged, and passed him after a very sharp strukgle,
winning by some lengths.
Third Heat—George Atkins (yellow), 1; Charles
Pressma❑ (pink), 2; Richard Nowland (dark blue), 0;
R. Dent (light blue), 0. Shortly after the start the first•
named took the lead and kept it with a little advance to
the end. It was a capital race for some distance for
second.

Fourth Heat-8. Cory (green), 1; J. Welland (red),
2; G. Atkins (yellow), 0; C. Pressman (pink) 0; Green
took the lead and kept it. A most determined race
throughout between red and yellow, and the second
place a long while in doubt, there being but two or
three lengths between them at the finish.
Final Heat—H. Cory (green), 1; J. Welland (red),
0. It was a severe race the first round, but the winner,
with the advantage of size and youth, was too- good for
his adversary, who at the finish was six on eight length(
astern.

THE MARYLEBONE CLUB AND GROUND v.

This return match was played at Leamington last
week, and, as will be seen, afforded no great opportunity
for remarks, seeing that it went, as it were, all one way.
The score was thus at the end of the game:—